Citations vs Mentions in AI Answers
A brand name in prose is not the same as your URL in the source list. Conflating the two distorts strategy—here is how to read both.
Evidence-led resources connected to citations across GEO, AEO, and AI search measurement.
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A brand name in prose is not the same as your URL in the source list. Conflating the two distorts strategy—here is how to read both.
ChatGPT SEO is not traditional rank tracking. It is the combination of entity clarity, citable pages, crawler access, and evidence from provider-sampled assistant runs.
AI Overviews synthesize answers above traditional results. This guide explains what you can observe, how citations appear, and how Studio sampling fits a broader GEO program.
AEO focuses on earning presence inside direct answers—featured snippets, AI Overviews, and assistant responses—using evidence you can audit rather than vanity visibility scores.
AI visibility is observed presence in generative answers: whether a brand is named, whether your URLs are cited, and how those signals change week over week under fixed sampling.
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