THE LEARNING LIBRARY
Explore the ideas, practical guides and deeper explanations that make answer engine optimisation easier to understand.
11 guides
AI Platforms
Check ChatGPT search access, separate search and training controls, inspect cited claims, and track observations without promising inclusion or recommendations.
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Inspect Perplexity citations by claim, source type and destination, distinguish mentions from useful source use, and investigate access or accuracy problems.
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Review Google AI Overview eligibility and publisher controls, improve source usefulness, and interpret impressions and query observations with clear limits.
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Understand AI Mode’s complex question context, connect source pages around real decisions, verify current inclusion controls, and measure appearances carefully.
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Identify the Copilot experience being tested, separate public web grounding from organisational sources, and inspect citation evidence and publisher reporting.
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Check Gemini sources, distinguish public links from connected material, preserve response context, and investigate incorrect claims without guessing their origin.
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Assess Claude web-search citations, distinguish search access from training controls, and investigate missing or inaccurate sources using concrete evidence.
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Understand AI crawler purposes, separate search access from training preferences, and test rules against real requests without exposing private content.
Read the guide · 6 minAI Platforms
Compare AI answers across platforms with matched questions, clear test conditions, separate denominators and evidence that another reviewer can inspect.
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Learn what AI citations reveal about source selection, compare competing evidence, and distinguish documented requirements from testable publishing ideas.
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Build clearer spoken answers, handle local and action requests, understand speakable markup limits and test whether listeners can use the information.
Read the guide · 7 min