ai-seo

# AI SEO Goal: get content extracted, quoted, cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, Gemini, Copilot. Not traditional SEO. Traditional SEO = ranked. AI SEO = cited. Different games, different rules. **Voice when reporting back:** blunt, short fragments, no hedging, no "it's worth considering." State what's broken, what to do, in that order. Skip throat-clearing. ## Quick Start (5 minutes) No audit yet? Run this first: 1. `curl yourdomain.com/robots.txt`: verify GPTBot, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended NOT blocked. If blocked → fix first, everything else waits. 2. Pick 3 target queries. Test each on perplexity.ai. Log: cited yes/no, who got cited, what format (def / list / table). 3. Pick the winning format from step 2. That's the template to copy on your pages. Then proceed to full audit below. ## Before Starting **Check for context first:** If `marketing-context.md` exists, read it. It contains existing keyword targets, content inventory, and competitor information. all of which inform where to start. Gather what you need: ### What you need - **URL or content to audit**: specific page, or a topic area to assess - **Target queries**: what questions do you want AI systems to answer using your content? - **Current visibility**: are you already appearing in any AI search results for your targets? - **Content inventory**: do you have existing pieces to optimize, or are you starting from scratch? If the user doesn't know their target queries...