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  • Google AI Mode and Local Search: Why Your Local Pack Ranking Is Only Half the Picture

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    A 2026 study found that 28.5% of businesses ranking in Google’s Local Pack are completely invisible in Google AI Mode for the same searches. That means more than one in four local businesses showing up in traditional map results simply does not exist in the AI-generated answers that are increasingly the first thing people see.…

  • Google Just Called GEO and AEO “Still SEO.” Here Is What That Means for Service Businesses.

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    Google updated its Search Central documentation on June 5, 2026 to address how websites should optimize for generative AI features in Search. Buried in that update was a direct statement that the industry has been debating for two years: from Google’s perspective, optimizing for generative AI is “still SEO.” Cited Co is an AI visibility…

  • Schema Markup for Service Businesses: The Foundation of AI Citations

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    Schema markup is the foundation of AI citations for service businesses. Cited Co explains what schema to add, where to add it, and why it matters for GEO.

  • How to Get Your Business Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude

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    Learn how to get your business cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude. Cited Co explains the practical steps that drive AI citations for service businesses.

  • What Is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) and Why Your Business Needs It Now

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    Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the process of structuring your content so AI tools cite your business. Cited Co explains how it works.

  • The Best AI Visibility Tracking Tools for Service Businesses: An Honest Comparison

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    Most service businesses checking their AI visibility are doing it wrong. They type their name into ChatGPT once, see that it does not appear, and conclude the problem is unsolvable. The real problem is that they have no system: no consistent queries, no scoring, no month-over-month comparison, and no understanding of why the gap exists…

  • How to Write Content That Gets Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini

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    Good content marketing used to mean writing for humans and optimizing for Google. That was a reasonable strategy for twenty years. It is not enough anymore. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini now answer questions directly, citing sources they trust and ignoring everything else. If your content is not structured to be retrieved, synthesized, and quoted by…

  • What Is GEO? A Plain-English Definition of Generative Engine Optimization

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    Let me tell you what generative engine optimization is not. It is not SEO with a new name. It is not a prompt you add to your website. It is not something you can buy from an ad platform or automate with a plugin. GEO is the practice of structuring your business’s digital presence so…

  • Why Your Google Business Profile Is One of the Most Important AI Visibility Signals You Have

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    Most service businesses treat their Google Business Profile as a directory listing. They fill it in once, forget about it, and move on. That is a mistake. If you care about showing up when someone asks an AI tool for a recommendation, it is a mistake that will cost you. Your Google Business Profile is…

  • What Schema Markup Actually Is and Why Every Service Business Needs It

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    Schema markup sounds technical. It is. But that does not mean you need to understand every line of code to benefit from it, and if you run a service business, you cannot afford to ignore it anymore. The practical explanation: schema markup is a standardized set of tags you embed in your website’s HTML. Those…