Success stories
Real before and after. Each story shows where a site started, what the scan found, and how it went from hard to find to readable by Google and AI. Published only with the owner's permission.
Nailpal scored 63 and 47. After fixing what the scan flagged, 95 and 95.
Nailpal already worked, but Google and AI could barely read it. One scan showed exactly what was missing, in plain words. Every gap got closed, and the scores told the story: SEO 63 to 95, AEO 47 to 95.
Read the storyKnightama scored 86 and 63. After adding what the scan flagged, 92 and 94.
Knightama's site looked like the future and still scored 63 for AI. The problem wasn't tags, it was content: one beautiful screen with nothing to quote. The scan showed exactly what was missing, and the scores moved: SEO 86 to 92, AEO 63 to 94.
Read the storyKubock had the schema all along. AI just couldn't see it. AEO 54 to 95.
Kubock had already added structured data and an FAQ. On screen it was all there, yet AI scored it 54. The scan found why: a Next.js site was rendering those signals in the browser, invisible to crawlers. Served on the server, AEO went 54 to 95.
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AI search statistics 2026
Every AI search number worth citing, traced to the study that produced it. Audience, referral traffic, click loss, conversion, citations, freshness and cost, each with its sample size and date.
How Perplexity picks the sources it links
Perplexity shows its sources next to every answer, and its crawler exists only to surface them. What it looks for, and why it drops pages that go quiet.
How ChatGPT decides which sites to cite
ChatGPT uses two crawlers with similar names, and only one of them decides whether you can appear in its answers. Which is which, and how to check yours.
Google's preferred sources button: is it worth adding?
Google now lets readers mark your site as a preferred source, and hands you a button to ask them. What it changes across Search, Discover and AI Mode, and why it only pays off once you have readers.
Google now checks if AI agents can use your site
Google added a new score, Agentic Browsing, for whether AI assistants can read and click through your pages. What it checks, why it matters, and how to pass it.
SEO jargon you keep hearing: what actually matters
JSON-LD, schema, canonical, semantic HTML, meta keywords. A plain-English verdict on the technical terms people throw at you, and which ones actually move the needle.
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