How Do I Get Gemini to Recommend My Business? Confirmed vs. Assumed
Gemini grounds its answers in Google Search, but it doesn’t simply recommend whoever ranks first. Here’s what Google has confirmed, what independent studies show it cites, and a six-step plan to get your business recommended.
What Search Engine Does Perplexity Use? The Real Answer (and the Bot That Ignores robots.txt)
Perplexity says it built its own search engine. A federal lawsuit says it also borrowed Google’s. Here’s what’s confirmed, what’s contested in court, and the Perplexity bot that, by Perplexity’s own documentation, generally ignores your robots.txt.
What Search Engine Does ChatGPT Use? Confirmed vs. Assumed.
OpenAI never names its search engine on a vendor list, but the paper trail leads straight to Bing. Here's what's confirmed, what's still assumed, and the two gates your site has to pass before ChatGPT will quote it.
What Search Engine Does Claude Use? The Confirmed Answer (Plus What Most Guides Miss)
Anthropic's Trust Center quietly lists two "Web Search" subprocessors for Claude: Brave, and a lesser-known vector database called turbopuffer. One crawls the web. The other doesn't — so what is it actually doing, and does labeling it "search" even make sense?
What Can I Do for Free to Get My Business Seen by AI? Five Things to Start This Week
GEO doesn't always require a specialist. Here are five things you can do yourself, today, for free — from auditing what AI already says about you to fixing your reviews.