AI Search 101

Explore the essentials of AI search and learn how to get cited, get found, and turn ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI into a revenue engine.

Core Disciplines

Start with a core discipline. Each is a hub of clusters and guides.

GEO

Get your brand surfaced, cited, and recommended inside generative engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews.

Explore GEO

AEO

Win the direct answer in Perplexity, voice assistants, and featured AI responses.

Explore AEO

SEO

The classic foundation, rebuilt for an AI-first SERP. The base everything else compounds on.

Explore SEO

Newest guides

Fresh from the MaximusLabs research desk.

AEO

What is AEO? Answer Engine Optimization Explained

A founder's plain-language definition of Answer Engine Optimization: how answer engines work, how AEO differs from SEO and GEO, the formats that win the answer, and how to measure it.

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Agentic Commerce

What is Agentic Commerce? How AI Agents Buy on Your Behalf

How AI shopping agents discover, compare, and buy products, and what brands must do to be the one an agent chooses.

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GEO

GEO Content: A Complete Framework to Get Cited by AI Search Engines

The six-part framework MaximusLabs uses to make content that ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews quote by name.

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GEO

What is GEO? Generative Engine Optimization Explained

GEO is how you get cited and chosen by AI engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, not just ranked on a results page.

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SEO

What is SEO in the AI Era? A Modern Definition

A modern definition of SEO: how search engines work, what still matters in an AI-first SERP, and how SEO now connects to GEO and AEO.

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GEO

12 GEO KPIs: Formulas, Benchmarks, and Cadence Guide

Built on Princeton ALCE research and 4 Google patents: the GEO KPI framework covering AVR, SOV, Citation Stability, and 9 more metrics.

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GEO

One GEO Tool Is Never Enough: Build the Right Stack

Only 11% of domains appear on both ChatGPT and Perplexity. This guide reveals which GEO measurement tools close that visibility gap and at what cost.

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GEO

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Fundamentals: How to Become the Answer AI Trusts

The research-first guide to Generative Engine Optimization. 9 methods tested, 40% visibility gains proven. Stop ranking. Start becoming the answer AI trusts.

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Most read

The guides teams reference most.

GEO

GEO Strategy Guide: Get ChatGPT and Perplexity to Cite You

Learn the GEO strategy framework top brands use to get cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI. Tactics, tools, and a BoFu-first playbook inside.

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GEO

GEO Content: A Complete Framework to Get Cited by AI Search Engines

The GEO content optimization framework that earns AI citations across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews. 6 layers, zero guesswork.

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GEO

One GEO Tool Is Never Enough: Build the Right Stack

Only 11% of domains appear on both ChatGPT and Perplexity. This guide reveals which GEO measurement tools close that visibility gap and at what cost.

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GEO

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Fundamentals: How to Become the Answer AI Trusts

The research-first guide to Generative Engine Optimization. 9 methods tested, 40% visibility gains proven. Stop ranking. Start becoming the answer AI trusts.

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GEO

12 GEO KPIs: Formulas, Benchmarks, and Cadence Guide

Built on Princeton ALCE research and 4 Google patents: the GEO KPI framework covering AVR, SOV, Citation Stability, and 9 more metrics.

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AEO

Which Platforms and AI Systems Does AEO Apply To Beyond ChatGPT and Perplexity?

AEO extends beyond ChatGPT and Perplexity to Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, snippets, voice assistants, and shopping AI.

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AEO

How Does Answer Engine Optimization Differ From Traditional SEO?

AEO wins the direct answer. SEO ranks a clickable link. Here is how the goals, content shape, and measurement differ, and how to do both.

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AEO

What is AEO? Answer Engine Optimization Explained

A founder's plain-language definition of Answer Engine Optimization: how answer engines work, how AEO differs from SEO and GEO, the formats that win the answer, and how to measure it.

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