Guides
Short guides on getting your product recommended by ChatGPT and Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode, built from real answers we asked and what we found on our own products, PodSeeker and SocialPhotos.
Why ChatGPT and Google AI Mode recommend different products, where AI Overviews fits, how big AI Mode really is, and how to get recommended in each, with our own product's numbers on all three.
Updated October 31, 2026
Why the ChatGPT app and OpenAI's API recommend different products, what every published comparison found, our own test of 150 answers, when the API is good enough, and what to ask a tracker.
Updated October 31, 2026
AEO and GEO are two names for getting into AI answers. Where the terms and the famous 40% come from, what Google, Bing and OpenAI say, what's really different from SEO, and what a small team should do and skip.
Updated October 31, 2026
How ChatGPT search chooses the pages it cites, which pages get cited for software questions, why named, cited and linked are different, how often citations change, and how to get and track yours, with our own product's numbers.
Updated October 31, 2026
Seven steps to track ChatGPT traffic: GA4's AI Assistant channel, a custom channel for every assistant, the source saved on the customer and in Stripe, a how-did-you-hear question, searches for your name, and ChatGPT's tracking breaks.
Updated October 31, 2026
What AI visibility means, why the same answers score differently in different tools, how to measure it so the number means something, and how it connects to signups and revenue, with our own product's numbers.
Updated October 31, 2026
Eight steps to get your product named in ChatGPT's answers, with what we changed on our own three products and what happened.
Updated November 13, 2026
How ChatGPT picks products, eight reasons it leaves yours out and how to tell which from its answers, and what the evidence says works.
Updated October 31, 2026