# Blog _SEO and GEO insights from the Nectiv team._ - [The Perfectly Optimized Page For AEO ](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/the-perfectly-optimized-page-for-aeo-ai-search.md) - [B2B AEO Case Study: CHEQ Sees +5,600% AI Citation Growth To Commercial Content](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/case-study-cheq-sees-5600-ai-citation-growth-to-commercial-content.md) - [New Research: ChatGPT Tripled It's Fan-Out Queries + Looks For Authoritative Sources](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/chatgpt-tripled-fan-out-queries-data-study.md) - [AEO Experiment: ChatGPT Cited Our "AI Instructions" Page In 48 Hours](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/aeo-experiment-chatgpt-cited-an-ai-instructions-page-in-48-hours.md) - [B2B AEO Case Study: Sama Improves AI Mode Citations By +6,000% In 6 Months](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/ai-search-case-study-ai-mode-citation-increase-in-6-months.md) — After partnering with Nectiv, Sama was able to drive significant increases in AI citations within just 6 months time. - [How To Implement WebMCP: A Breakdown Of Google's Live Demo](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-to-implement-webmcp-a-real-world-example.md) — Alright, so I was recently reading an article on WebMCP from Semrush's Leigh McKenzie and found many of the insights super interesting. One of the most revealing things that he found was that Google has already set up a live demo of an actual WebMCP implementation! - [ChatGPT 5.4 Has Hidden Fan-Out Queries. You Can Still Get Them Via The API (Python Script Included)](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/chatgpt-5-4-has-hidden-fan-out-queries-you-can-still-get-them-via-the-api-python-script-included.md) — Hey all, quick update here! After browsing LinkedIn this morning, I saw a lot of messages saying that the updated version of ChatGPT 5.4 has now hidden fan-out queries from the console. I took a look this morning and this 100% right. When you try the old method of digging around the ChatGPT conversa - [Like It Or Not, Google Is Slowly Stair-Stepping Us Into AI Mode](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/like-it-or-not-google-is-slowly-stair-stepping-us-into-ai-mode.md) — It’s hard to believe but soon we will be coming up on the 2nd anniversary of AI Overviews. As you can imagined a lot has changed since then in the search results. Google has been aggressively pushing out AI-driven features and there’s no sign of that slowing down. After multiple conversations with m - [How To Mine Google Search Console For Conversation Data (Regex Included)](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-to-mine-google-search-console-for-conversation-data-regex-included.md) — So here at Nectiv, we’re getting asked a lot about prompt tracking. Many of our current and prospective clients are tracking their visibility using tools like Profound, Athena, Peec etc. The million dollar question that always comes up is “Which prompts should I be tracking?’. In an incredibly perso - [How To Create FAQs At Scale With Screaming Frog + OpenAI API](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-to-create-faqs-at-scale-with-screaming-frog-openai-api.md) — > So one of the biggest initiatives that a lot of SEOs are starting to utilize to optimize for LLMs is creating FAQ content to add to their landing pages. This is one of the tactics a lot of people are seeing some early success with.FAQs are generally seen to be a very strong element ... - [SEO Process: How To Extract + Map Gemini 3 Fan-Out Queries](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/seo-process-how-to-create-content-mappings-for-fan-out-queries.md) — I’m pretty excited for this article. After reviewing a couple processes with my co-founder Jason Melman, we’ve discovered a pretty easy way to help websites understand their coverage for query-fan outs. So previously, we did some analysis on Google’s fan-out queries. We extracted 60K+ fan-out querie - [Google Is Integrating Social Feeds Into The Search Results](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/google-is-integrating-social-feeds-into-the-search-results.md) — OK, so I might have just stumbled onto a pretty big SEO story this year. This week, I was doing a bit of searching around our company “Nectiv” and was interested when I saw not one but two different of my LinkedIn posts ranking. I thought that was a bit peculiar. Generally I’d expect a ... - [How To Create SEO Images At Scale With Screaming Frog + Nano Banana Pro](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-to-create-seo-images-at-scale-with-screaming-frog-nano-banana-pro.md) — So I really had fun creating this article. I think it solves a need a lot of SEO teams have, especially lean ones. Oftentimes as SEOs we’re extremely focused on net new content but not images. Whether we’re performing content refreshes or undergoing full scale content operations campaigns, we’re oft - [ChatGPT Search Queries Have Tripled In Length](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/chatgpt-search-queries-have-tripled-in-length.md) — So looking at the data this week, ChatGPT has majorly shifted its search behavior. The search queries we’re seeing are not much longer than they have previously. I love having access to Nectiv’s AI Tracker that scrapes fan-out queries from ChatGPT that Jason Melman built. It’s great window into how - [New Research: What We Learned From Analyzing 60K+ Google Fan-Out Queries](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/new-research-we-analyzed-60k-google-fan-out-queries.md) — So a couple of months ago, our team at Nectiv figured out how to extract ChatGPT search queries at scale. We then created a data study that analyzed trends on ChatGPT search and how it worked. We found insights such as common search terms, how often it searches, average number of fan-0uts. Well now - [New Data Study: ChatGPT Citations Are 2.3x More Likely To Include A Table Than Google Search](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/new-data-study-chatgpt-citations-are-2-3x-more-likely-to-include-a-table-than-google-search.md) — OK so something has been on my mind the past couple of months. We know there’s a lot of thought leadership to suggest that LLMs models like ChatGPT love structured content. Articles that use bullet points, numbered lists, simple heading structures tend to get cited by LLMs more. However, I haven’t s - [New Data Study: What Queries Is ChatGPT Using Behind The Scenes?](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/new-data-study-what-queries-is-chatgpt-using-behind-the-scenes.md) — OK, so I’m beyond excited to finally get to write this article. There’s been a lot of talk about how to optimize your site for ChatGPT but not a ton of data studies around it. However, in this article I want to change that. This article is a study of actual searches that ChatGPT ... - [How To Create A Keyword Universe With Ahrefs + Claude](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-to-create-a-keyword-universe-with-ahrefs-claude.md) — So I stumbled across a new process that I think is super interesting. I’ve been really liking the concept of the “Keyword Universe” that’s been talked about by amazing SEO minds like Kevin Indig. Basically the concept is that through combining data from a bunch of different sources (query data, sale - [5 SEO Takeaways From Perplexity’s Comet Browser](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/5-seo-takeaways-from-perplexitys-comet-browser.md) — This weekend, I got early access to Perplexity’s new LLM-driven browser, Comet. Here are 5 of my takeaways for SEOs + the future of AI browsers. So as we know, LLMs such as ChatGPT and Perplexity are working on creating their own browsers. This is potential threat to traditional Google search as the - [Agentic SEO: How To Optimize Your Site For The Future Of AI Agents](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/agentic-seo-how-to-optimize-your-site-for-the-future-of-ai-agents.md) — OK, so in this article I’m going to go into a topic that I haven’t seen a lot of others writing about: Agentic SEO. Recently, I was having a conversation around AI search and the person I was talking to asked me what I thought was next. They wanted to really skate where the puck ... - [Does Structured Data Influence ChatGPT Citations?](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/does-structured-data-influence-chatgpt-citations.md) — I’m beginning to believe schema influences ChatGPT citations. For this eComm prompt set, MANY of the most cited sites use Product schema. At Nectiv, I’ve been having a lot of fun playing around with the AI Tracker that we’ve built. We’re tracking a few different larger prompt sets for different indu - [How To Make ChatGPT Not Suck At Keyword Research](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-to-make-chatgpt-ai-keyword-research-not-suck.md) — OK, so I love using AI to automate and speed up a lot of SEO workflows. For the past year, I’ve been using it for almost nearly everything I touch including data analysis, ICP content mapping, content outlines and much more. However, during that time, there’s been one thing that’s been escaping me. - [LLMs & JavaScript: ChatGPT Cannot Render JavaScript Content](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/llms-javascript-chatgpt-cannot-render-javascript-content.md) — Transcript: Hey everyone, I’m Chris with Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, we’re going to talk about AI crawlers and their inability to access JavaScript content. This was a great study done by Versil a while back where they analyzed different AI crawlers. What they found was that crawlers like ChatG - [The Best Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) Tools](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/the-best-generative-engine-optimization-geo-tools.md) — Transcript: Hey everyone, Chris Long with Nectiv here. For today’s GEO tip, I’m going to walk through three of our favorite AI tools that we’re using to analyze AI, assess strategies, and evaluate different queries and prompts. 1. ChatGPT Path (by Aima) One of our favorite Chrome extensions is this - [Why CRO To Your Home Page Is Important For GEO](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/why-cro-to-your-home-page-is-important-for-geo.md) — Transcript: Hi, I’m Chris with Nectiv. For today’s GEO tip, I want to talk about why your homepage is more important than ever in an era of AI search. Siege Media did a really fantastic study where they analyzed 50 different sites after the rollout of AI Overviews and LLMs. They found that while ... - [Building Content Around Product Use Cases For AI Search](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/building-content-around-product-use-cases-for-ai-search.md) — Transcript: Hey, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and today’s GEO tip is to really ensure that you have content built out for the specific use cases people will be searching or prompting for. With the advent of AI Mode and new LLMs, people are going to be searching for way more specific things than ... - [Why Reddit Is Critical To Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/why-reddit-is-critical-to-generative-engine-optimization-geo.md) — Transcript: Hi everyone, I’m Chris Long from Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, I want to talk about why SEOs and marketers absolutely need to start paying attention to Reddit. It’s one of the most pivotal platforms when it comes to both LLMs and traditional search. Profound did a great study a while - [How ChatGPT Is Using Google’s Index](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-chatgpt-is-using-googles-index.md) — Okay, so this was an awesome article posted last week by Alexis Royoko. It was shared by Alita Solless, where Alexis basically argued that ChatGPT search is using the Google index more heavily than it ever has before — possibly even replacing the Bing index with the Google index. I thought this was - [How Glossary Strategies Help Optimize For AI Overviews](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-glossary-strategies-help-optimize-for-ai-overviews.md) — Transcript: Hi everyone, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, we’re going to talk about how glossary strategies and resources are a highly effective way of getting into Google’s AI Overviews. Big caveat these days — it’s going to be much more of a branding play, as opposed to a strat - [Why Brand Mentions Are The New Links In AI Search](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/why-brand-mentions-are-the-new-links-in-ai-search.md) — Transcript: Hey everyone, Chris Long with Nectiv here. In today’s video, we’re going to talk about why brand mentions are actually the new links in AI search. AI systems are using brand mentions more and more to determine which products or services to recommend for a given search — a little bit less - [How Videos Dominate Google’s AI Overviews](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-videos-dominate-googles-ai-overviews.md) — Transcript: Hi, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, I want to talk about why YouTube is a critical strategy for GEO and AI search moving forward. We’re seeing YouTube in particular get cited a lot in these AI-driven features — especially in Google’s AI Overviews. Here we can see it’ - [How To Find AI Overviews Where You Have Strong Rankings](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-to-find-ai-overviews-where-you-have-strong-rankings.md) — Transcript: Hey, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, we’re going to show you how to find opportunities where you rank well but don’t show up in Google’s AI Overviews. So, let’s say you’re Ramp and you want to perform some type of analysis where you say: “Hey, I want to see ... - [How Structured Data Can Help ChatGPT Visibility](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-structured-data-can-help-chatgpt-visibility.md) — Transcript: Hey everyone, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, I want to talk through why we think that structured data might play a really big role in the sites that get sourced in ChatGPT specifically. What’s really interesting is we’ve been tracking Amazon’s prompt library for a w - [How AI Search Is Blurring The Lines Between Paid and Organic Content](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-ai-search-is-blurring-the-lines-between-paid-and-organic-content.md) — Transcript: Hey, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, I want to talk about how AI search is blurring the lines between organic and paid results more than it ever has before — especially with affiliate sites. Affiliate sites have a lot of power when it comes to AI search. So, let’s .. - [How Find High Priority Articles To Get Brand Mentions In](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/how-find-high-priority-articles-to-get-brand-mentions-in.md) — Transcript: Hey everyone, Chris Long with Nectiv here. For today’s GEO tip, I’m going to show you how you can find high-priority articles that might influence AI search where your brand is not mentioned. So, we know that branded web mentions are one of the biggest things that impact AI search visibi - [Why Using Direct Marketing Copy Is Great For LLMs Optimization](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/why-using-direct-marketing-copy-is-great-for-llms-optimization.md) — Transcript: Hey, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and in today’s GEO tip, I want to talk about how marketers are going to need to better connect their brand name or brand entities to the individual queries or prompts that users might be searching in tools like ChatGPT or Google’s AI mode. So, this kind o - [Why Your Site Needs To Be Eligible For Common Crawl For ChatGPT Optimization](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/why-your-site-needs-to-be-eligible-for-common-crawl-for-chatgpt-optimization.md) — Transcript: Hey, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and today’s GEO tip is to really understand how ChatGPT actually trains its models. One of the biggest sources of influence is Common Crawl. For those who don’t know, Common Crawl is a nonprofit organization that openly and freely crawls the web and gives - [Why Prompts That Activate ChatGPT Search Are High Priority](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/why-prompts-that-activate-chatgpt-search-are-high-priority.md) — Transcript: Hi, I’m Chris Long with Nectiv, and for today’s GEO tip, one of the highest priority items that you can look for when trying to optimize for ChatGPT is knowing if it uses the search function. Sometimes ChatGPT will answer with its own internal knowledge base. Other times, it will answer - [The Best Generative Engine Optimization Agencies Of 2025](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/the-best-generative-engine-optimization-agencies-of-2025.md) — Generative engines are becoming more and more popular by the minute. With the rise of ChatGPT and new engines such as Google’s AI Overview and AI Mode, optimizing for these systems is going to be more important than ever. As a result, many digital marketing companies are increasingly offering servic - [Google Plans On Bringing Ads To AI Mode](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/ai-mode-ads-google.md) — New documents show Google’s plans to bring ads in AI Mode. If you don’t think AI Mode is coming to search…think again: This was an initial report by Ad Age and reported on by Barry Schwartz. Ad Age discovered documents from Google pitching advertisers on AI Mode ads. This is a two page document ... - [The Best Generative Engine Optimization Agencies For SaaS & B2B Of 2025](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/the-best-generative-engine-optimization-agencies-for-saas-b2b-of-2025.md) — Generative engines are quickly becoming the next major battleground in search. With ChatGPT gaining steam and tools like Google’s AI Overview and AI Mode rolling out, it’s clear that optimizing for these systems is no longer optional—it’s essential. That shift has pushed a wave of digital agencies t - [The 6 Best Webflow SEO Agencies Of 2026](https://nectivdigital.com/blog/the-best-webflow-seo-agencies.md) — Webflow is known for giving businesses the freedom to design beautiful, responsive websites without code. But building a site is only half the equation, without visibility in search results, even the most stunning Webflow site can struggle to attract the right audience. That’s where SEO comes in. Fo