# technical SEO: AI Visibility Guides > Cite Solutions briefs tagged "technical SEO". 24 posts on AI visibility, GEO, AEO, and AI search optimization. Canonical URL: https://cite.solutions/tag/technical-seo Source: Cite Solutions (cite.solutions) --- Tag24 briefs # #technical SEO Cite Solutions briefs tagged technical SEO. Newest first. FiledBriefPillarTime [Jul 28AI Crawlers: Which Ones Get You Cited?Seven weeks of first-party logs, 761,885 hits. Most AI crawlers cannot cite you at all. Here is which ones can, and what to do about the rest.Research·11 min readResearch11m](/blog/ai-crawlers-which-ones-get-you-cited)[Jul 18AI SEO Optimization: What Moves Citations FirstAI SEO optimization is a prioritization problem. Here are the on-page and off-page changes that move AI citations, in the order to ship them.Technical Guides·10 min readTechnical Guides10m](/blog/ai-seo-optimization-ranked-by-impact)[Jul 16Does Technical SEO Still Matter for AI Search?Technical SEO decides whether AI can read your site at all. Most AI crawlers skip JavaScript, so client-rendered pages stay invisible. Here is the fix.Technical Guides·9 min readTechnical Guides9m](/blog/does-technical-seo-matter-for-ai-search)[Jul 16Knowledge Graph SEO: How to Get Cited by AIKnowledge graph SEO puts your brand in the entity records AI reads. Here is how a knowledge panel and a Wikidata node turn into AI citations.Technical Guides·10 min readTechnical Guides10m](/blog/knowledge-graph-seo)[Jul 11How to Use an llms.txt Generator (and When Not To)An llms.txt generator drafts the file in seconds, but 97% of llms.txt files never get read. Here is how to build one that earns its place.Technical Guides·10 min readTechnical Guides10m](/blog/how-to-use-an-llms-txt-generator)[Jun 22What Is Entity SEO and Why AI Search Needs ItEntity SEO teaches engines what your brand is, not just which keywords you target. Here is how it works and why it now decides your AI citations.Technical GEO·10 min readTechnical GEO10m](/blog/what-is-entity-seo)[Jun 19AEO vs SEO: What's the Difference in 2026?AEO vs SEO is not old versus new. Here is what each one optimizes for, the five ways they actually differ, and why most B2B brands now need both.Strategy·10 min readStrategy10m](/blog/aeo-vs-seo)[Jun 7Do AI Crawlers Actually Read llms.txt?Across 500M+ AI bot visits, only 408 fetched llms.txt. Here is what AI crawlers really do with the file, and whether it is worth publishing.Technical Guides·9 min readTechnical Guides9m](/blog/do-ai-crawlers-read-llms-txt)[Jun 4Will Google's Core Update Hurt Your AI Citations?Google's May 2026 core update finished rolling out this week. Here is why a ranking drop does not automatically cut your AI citations, and when it does.Industry Data·9 min readIndustry Data9m](/blog/google-core-update-ai-citations)[May 22How to Run a Canonical and Query-Parameter Audit That Keeps AI Systems on the Right URLA lot of GEO teams fix prompts, proof blocks, and crawlability while messy URL variants still compete for the same answer. This guide shows how to run the canonical and parameter audit that clears that retrieval waste out.Technical Guides·12 min readTechnical Guides12m](/blog/canonical-query-parameter-audit-ai-retrieval)[May 15How to Run an AI Crawler Log Audit for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBotMost GEO teams rely on crawl tests, screenshots, and prompt checks. Fewer inspect the server logs that prove whether AI crawlers are actually reaching the money pages that matter. This guide shows you how to run that audit.Technical Guides·11 min readTechnical Guides11m](/blog/ai-crawler-log-audit-retrieval)[May 9Stop Optimizing URL Slugs for AI CitationsOtterly analyzed 1,028,959 URLs across six AI platforms. URL length and slug structure barely affected citations. Page type drove an 80% gap.GEO Strategy·10 min readGEO Strategy10m](/blog/stop-optimizing-url-slugs-ai-citations)[May 7How to Run a GEO Contradiction Audit Before AI Systems Quote the Wrong ClaimA page can be technically crawlable, well linked, and still lose trust if different parts of the site make different claims. This guide shows you how to run a contradiction audit that finds claim conflicts before AI systems quote the wrong version.Technical Guides·10 min readTechnical Guides10m](/blog/geo-contradiction-audit-wrong-claims)[May 6How to Run a GEO Page-Collision Audit When AI Systems Cite the Wrong URLA brand can stay visible in AI answers while the wrong internal page keeps getting cited. This guide shows you how to run a page-collision audit, diagnose the failure pattern, and make the right URL easiest to retrieve and reuse.Technical Guides·11 min readTechnical Guides11m](/blog/geo-page-collision-audit-wrong-url-citations)[May 5How to Run an HTML Parity Audit for AI Retrieval on JavaScript-Heavy SitesA page can look perfect in the browser and still fail AI retrieval if the answer, proof, links, or schema only show up after hydration. This guide shows you how to run the HTML parity audit that catches the gap.Technical Guides·11 min readTechnical Guides11m](/blog/html-parity-audit-ai-retrieval)[May 4How to Build a GEO Change Log That Connects Page Releases, Proof Updates, and Prompt OutcomesMost GEO teams can see that something moved. Fewer can prove which release, proof update, or page change caused the movement. This guide shows you how to build the change log that makes attribution, QA, and weekly review far more useful.Technical Guides·11 min readTechnical Guides11m](/blog/geo-change-log-page-releases-prompt-outcomes)[May 3How to Run a GEO Citation-Loss Root Cause Analysis: Retrieval, Evidence, and Answer-Format ChecksA page that used to win citations can slip for very different reasons. This guide shows you how to diagnose whether the real problem is retrieval, weak evidence, answer-format mismatch, or a stronger substitute source before you waste a sprint on the wrong fix.Technical Guides·11 min readTechnical Guides11m](/blog/geo-citation-loss-root-cause-analysis)[May 2How to Build a GEO Release Checklist for Template Changes, Schema Parity, and Prompt QAMost teams QA page releases for rendering and rankings. Fewer QA whether template, schema, and content changes quietly break AI retrieval. This guide shows you how to build the release checklist that catches those failures before and after launch.Technical Guides·10 min readTechnical Guides10m](/blog/geo-release-checklist-template-changes-prompt-qa)[Apr 22How to Protect AI Retrieval During a Site Migration: Redirects, Canonicals, and Prompt QAMost site migration checklists stop at rankings and broken links. This guide shows you how to preserve AI retrieval during a migration by protecting page purpose, redirect logic, canonical control, proof assets, and post-launch prompt QA.Technical Guides·11 min readTechnical Guides11m](/blog/protect-ai-retrieval-site-migration)[Apr 18How to Run an AEO Schema Audit That Aligns Entities, Answers, and ProofMost schema work still stops at validation. This guide shows you how to audit schema for answer-engine performance by checking entity clarity, visible-answer parity, proof support, and page-type markup across the pages that drive AI visibility.Technical Guides·10 min readTechnical Guides10m](/blog/aeo-schema-audit-entities-answers-proof)[Apr 18Google Just Defined a Second AEO. Here's What 'Agentic Engine Optimization' Means for Your Content.Addy Osmani, Google Cloud AI's Director of Engineering, published a formal framework defining 'Agentic Engine Optimization' as distinct from Answer Engine Optimization. It covers five pillars, specific token budgets, and file-based discovery methods like llms.txt and AGENTS.md. Here is what B2B SaaS content teams should do about it.GEO Strategy·10 min readGEO Strategy10m](/blog/agentic-engine-optimization-google-framework)[Apr 14How to Run a GEO Crawlability Audit That Improves AI RetrievalA lot of teams keep publishing answer-engine content on top of weak technical foundations. This guide shows you how to audit crawlability, canonicals, internal links, sitemaps, and structured context so the right pages can actually be retrieved and reused by AI systems.Technical Guides·11 min readTechnical Guides11m](/blog/geo-crawlability-audit-ai-retrieval)[Apr 14URL-Level Citation Tracking Is the Missing Layer in Most GEO ReportingDomain-level citation counts are too coarse for serious GEO reporting. This guide shows operators exactly what to track at the URL level, why it makes recommendations defensible, and how to turn source intelligence into page-level fixes.Technical Guides·9 min readTechnical Guides9m](/blog/url-level-citation-tracking-geo)[Apr 7llms.txt: What It Is, What It Does, and Whether Your Site Actually Needs Itllms.txt is getting a lot of attention in GEO and AEO circles, but most of the commentary swings between hype and dismissal. 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