--- title: "GEO tactics — AEO/GEO articles | Answerly Agency" description: "Generative Engine Optimization — playbooks for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude." url: https://answerly.agency/blog/category/geo-tactics/ lang: en --- Category · 16 articles # GEO tactics Generative Engine Optimization — playbooks for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude. [← All articles](/blog) - [All](/blog) - [Urgency](/blog/category/urgency) - [AEO fundamentals](/blog/category/aeo-fundamentals) - [GEO tactics](/blog/category/geo-tactics) - [Schema](/blog/category/schema) - [llms.txt](/blog/category/llms-txt) - [Crypto & Fintech](/blog/category/crypto-fintech) - [SaaS](/blog/category/saas) - [Local services](/blog/category/local) - [Measurement](/blog/category/measurement) - [Frameworks](/blog/category/frameworks) - [GEO tactics ### The 'as of' date pattern — embedding verifiable timestamps inside your copy LLMs preserve 'as of \[date\]' phrases when they quote a source. That single phrase, embedded inline next to your specific numbers, extends citation half-life by 30-45% in our measurement and protects you from being cited with outdated data. Yevhen Chyzh · 7 min · 2026-05-26](/blog/as-of-date-pattern) - [GEO tactics ### Comparison-page anatomy — 'X vs Y' pages that win LLM extraction Comparison pages were a Google traffic play. Now they are the most-extracted page type in B2B AI answers. We tore down 80 of them across our portfolio. Six structural blocks LLMs lift from, in priority order. Dmytro Popryadukhin · 8 min · 2026-05-26](/blog/comparison-page-anatomy) - [GEO tactics ### Glossary-page AEO — definitions as a long half-life citation factory Glossary entries earn AI citations at 3× the rate of regular blog posts on definitional prompts, and they hold them roughly twice as long. The structure that wins, the anti-stub rule, and how a 40-entry glossary becomes a citation factory. Viktoriia Chumak · 7 min · 2026-05-26](/blog/glossary-page-aeo) - [GEO tactics ### Internal citation cannibalization — when your own pages fight each other for the same prompt LLMs almost never cite two URLs from one domain. Five pages on the same prompt cluster fight for one slot. We traced 90 days of cannibalization across our portfolio. The diagnosis and the consolidation play. Yevhen Pavlenko · 8 min · 2026-05-26](/blog/internal-citation-cannibalization) - [GEO tactics ### AI source selection — how a model picks 3 cites out of 50 candidates Five LLM retrievers, one prompt, around 50 candidate URLs in the pool — only 3 make it into the answer. Six signals from 90 days of measuring which of our client pages got picked, and which sat in the pool watching. Dmytro Popryadukhin · 9 min · 2026-05-20](/blog/ai-source-selection-stack) - [GEO tactics ### Anchor text in the AI-search era — entity disambiguation, not PageRank Backlink anchors used to be a PageRank dial. In AI search they do a different job — they help the retriever resolve which entity your domain represents. The method that worked after the answerly.agency / answerly.ai brand collision. Yevhen Pavlenko · 7 min · 2026-05-20](/blog/anchor-text-aeo-era) - [GEO tactics ### Bing Copilot SEO 2026: How to Get Cited in Microsoft Copilot AI Bing Copilot SEO (Microsoft Copilot optimization) — Bing is the most underrated AEO surface in 2026. Microsoft Copilot ships inside Windows, Edge and Microsoft 365, and ChatGPT Search leans on the Bing index. How to get cited. Dmytro Popryadukhin · 9 min · 2026-05-12](/blog/bing-copilot-optimization) - [GEO tactics ### Gemini SEO 2026: How to Get Cited in Google Gemini and AI Mode Gemini SEO (Google Gemini optimization) — Gemini app and Google AI Mode are not the same surface as AI Overviews. They retrieve and cite differently. How Gemini grounding works and the 5 tactics that win Gemini citations in 2026. Yevhen Pavlenko · 9 min · 2026-05-12](/blog/gemini-ai-mode-optimization) - [GEO tactics ### ChatGPT SEO 2026: How to Get Cited by ChatGPT (Complete Guide) ChatGPT SEO (or SEO for ChatGPT, ChatGPT search optimization) is how you earn citations inside ChatGPT answers. How ChatGPT retrieves via Search index and Bing, what it extracts, five tactics, plus ChatGPT SEO tools. Yevhen Pavlenko · 9 min · 2026-05-12](/blog/how-to-get-cited-by-chatgpt) - [GEO tactics ### Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): What is GEO, Services + Tools 2026 Generative engine optimization (GEO) is the practice of getting your brand cited inside generative AI answers — distinct from generic geo marketing. What is GEO, how it overlaps with AEO, GEO services, GEO tools 2026. Yevhen Pavlenko · 12 min · 2026-05-11](/blog/what-is-generative-engine-optimization) - [GEO tactics ### Reddit citations are the new backlinks: why LLMs cite r/\* threads more than your blog ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini now pull Reddit threads into AI answers more often than ranked blog posts on the same topic. Here is the data, the subreddits that matter, and how to participate without getting banned. Dmytro Popryadukhin · 9 min · 2026-05-08](/blog/reddit-citations-backlinks) - [GEO tactics ### Prompt research has replaced keyword research for B2B Buyers no longer type 'VASP license' — they type the full task into ChatGPT. Here is how to mine real prompts, why keyword volume metrics fail, and the tooling stack we use across our engagements. Viktoriia Chumak · 7 min · 2026-04-25](/blog/prompt-research-vs-keyword-research) - [GEO tactics ### Perplexity SEO 2026: How to Rank in Perplexity & Win the Source Block Perplexity SEO (how to rank in Perplexity) — Perplexity is unique among LLMs because it shows its sources publicly. How source-selection works, what content patterns dominate the source block, how to win placement in 30 days. Dmytro Popryadukhin · 7 min · 2026-04-19](/blog/perplexity-citations-tactics) - [GEO tactics ### How to pick backlink donors for AI search (and the criteria most agencies skip) Mass-link buying does not work for AI search. We use a six-criterion scoring model: theme relevance, traffic, AIO presence, link ratio, DR, Trust Ratio, domain age. Here are the thresholds and the reasoning. Dmytro Popryadukhin · 7 min · 2026-04-13](/blog/donor-selection-criteria) - [GEO tactics ### Wikidata and the Knowledge Graph: the entity-authority play most brands skip AI systems lean heavily on Wikidata for entity disambiguation. A brand without a Wikidata Q-number is invisible to half the LLMs out there. Here is how to build the entity, what links matter, and what we will not do. Dmytro Popryadukhin · 6 min · 2026-04-12](/blog/wikidata-knowledge-graph) - [GEO tactics ### Voice Search Optimization 2026: Voice Search SEO for AI Assistants Voice search optimization (voice search SEO) is how brands earn answers from Siri, Alexa, Google Assistant and ChatGPT voice. How to optimize for voice search with one structural rewrite shared with AI text-search, plus what changes for voice. Viktoriia Chumak · 6 min · 2026-04-09](/blog/voice-search-conversational-prompts)