https://citedai.co.za/blog Guides and original research on how AI assistants choose which brands to name. en-za Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT https://citedai.co.za/blog/state-of-ai-overviews-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/state-of-ai-overviews-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI Overviews appeared on 92 of 96 South African Google searches on 11 October 2026. Sector figures, what they cite, and how often top sites are cited. https://citedai.co.za/blog/generative-engine-optimisation https://citedai.co.za/blog/generative-engine-optimisation Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT What GEO is, how ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overviews choose which brands to name, and how South African brands can measure and improve it. https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-checklist-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-checklist-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT A 33-point GEO checklist for South African marketing teams: measurement, technical, content, sources and brand, each with the reason it matters. https://citedai.co.za/blog/seo-vs-geo https://citedai.co.za/blog/seo-vs-geo Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT SEO earns a click from a list of links; GEO earns a mention inside an AI answer. A side-by-side comparison for South African marketing teams. https://citedai.co.za/blog/what-is-ai-share-of-voice https://citedai.co.za/blog/what-is-ai-share-of-voice Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI share of voice is your share of all brand mentions in AI answers. How to calculate it, a worked example, and the pitfalls that make the number lie. https://citedai.co.za/blog/which-sites-google-ai-cites-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/which-sites-google-ai-cites-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT We counted every source in 86 South African AI Overviews. Facebook, YouTube and hippo.co.za led; brands' own sites and comparison sites followed. https://citedai.co.za/blog/aeo-vs-geo-vs-seo https://citedai.co.za/blog/aeo-vs-geo-vs-seo Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT AEO vs GEO vs SEO: what each term means, a side-by-side table, where the work overlaps, and which one a South African marketing team should plan around. https://citedai.co.za/blog/ai-overviews-consumer-searches-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/ai-overviews-consumer-searches-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT 23 of 24 South African car, telecoms and retail searches showed an AI Overview. The sites it cited, how often social media appeared, and what ranking did. https://citedai.co.za/blog/ai-overviews-financial-services-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/ai-overviews-financial-services-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Google showed an AI Overview on all 24 SA banking, insurance and medical aid searches we ran. Who it cited: providers, comparison sites, rarely social. https://citedai.co.za/blog/ai-overviews-property-energy-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/ai-overviews-property-energy-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT All 16 South African property and solar searches we ran showed an AI Overview, despite tiny search volumes. The sites Google's AI cited, and what it means. https://citedai.co.za/blog/branded-vs-unbranded-questions https://citedai.co.za/blog/branded-vs-unbranded-questions Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Unbranded search is where AI visibility is won. Why branded questions flatter your numbers, and how to split a GEO question set, with SA search data. https://citedai.co.za/blog/build-a-geo-question-set https://citedai.co.za/blog/build-a-geo-question-set Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Build a GEO question set from search data, People also ask and sales calls: how many prompts, the branded and unbranded mix, and a worked example. https://citedai.co.za/blog/digital-pr-for-ai-visibility-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/digital-pr-for-ai-visibility-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Digital PR for AI visibility: find the SA publishers and comparison sites AI answers already cite, earn accurate mentions there, and measure the effect. https://citedai.co.za/blog/does-ranking-first-get-you-cited-in-ai-overviews https://citedai.co.za/blog/does-ranking-first-get-you-cited-in-ai-overviews Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT The #1 Google result was cited in 45 of 86 South African AI Overviews. How citation rates change by rank, and what that means for your SEO. https://citedai.co.za/blog/find-sources-ai-cites-in-your-category https://citedai.co.za/blog/find-sources-ai-cites-in-your-category Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Find the AI citation sources in your category: record what AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Gemini and Claude cite, then tally by domain, with real SA examples. https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-for-b2b-companies https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-for-b2b-companies Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT B2B GEO explained: what Google's AI cited for 8 South African business-software and agency searches, and the pages, reviews and listings that matter. https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-for-local-businesses-south-africa https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-for-local-businesses-south-africa Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Local business AI search in South Africa: what Google's AI cited in 96 SA searches, and the Business Profile, review and listing work that helps. https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-reporting-metrics https://citedai.co.za/blog/geo-reporting-metrics Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT The GEO metrics worth reporting: presence, first position, share of voice, citation share and description accuracy, with a sample monthly report. https://citedai.co.za/blog/google-ai-overviews-explained https://citedai.co.za/blog/google-ai-overviews-explained Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT What Google AI Overviews are, how they choose sources, what you can control, and how often they appeared in 96 South African searches in October 2026. https://citedai.co.za/blog/how-chatgpt-chooses-which-brands-to-recommend https://citedai.co.za/blog/how-chatgpt-chooses-which-brands-to-recommend Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT How ChatGPT recommends brands: what its model learned in training, what it finds by searching, and what OpenAI's own documentation says about its crawlers. https://citedai.co.za/blog/how-to-measure-geo https://citedai.co.za/blog/how-to-measure-geo Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT How to measure GEO reliably: a fixed question set, several engines, repeat runs, and why no percentage should rest on fewer than 30 answers. https://citedai.co.za/blog/is-your-website-readable-by-chatgpt https://citedai.co.za/blog/is-your-website-readable-by-chatgpt Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Can ChatGPT read your website? Crawlers that skip JavaScript may see an empty page. Test what GPTBot sees with curl in five minutes, and how to fix it. https://citedai.co.za/blog/robots-txt-for-ai-crawlers https://citedai.co.za/blog/robots-txt-for-ai-crawlers Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT A robots.txt guide to AI crawlers: what GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended do, and what blocking each one costs you. https://citedai.co.za/blog/stop-ai-confusing-your-brand https://citedai.co.za/blog/stop-ai-confusing-your-brand Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT How to fix your brand entity for AI search: the signals that separate you from a similarly named company, sameAs markup, and a real case from our own name. https://citedai.co.za/blog/structured-data-for-ai-search https://citedai.co.za/blog/structured-data-for-ai-search Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT Does schema markup help AI search? What Organization, BlogPosting, FAQPage and sameAs do, what Google says about AI features, and what schema cannot do. https://citedai.co.za/blog/what-is-llms-txt https://citedai.co.za/blog/what-is-llms-txt Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT llms.txt is a proposed Markdown file that guides AI agents through a website. The format, who reads it, and what Google says it does for AI search. https://citedai.co.za/blog/why-ai-overviews-cite-facebook-youtube-reddit https://citedai.co.za/blog/why-ai-overviews-cite-facebook-youtube-reddit Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT AI Overviews and social media sources in South Africa: how often Google's AI cited Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, TikTok and Instagram in 96 SA searches. https://citedai.co.za/blog/write-content-ai-assistants-quote https://citedai.co.za/blog/write-content-ai-assistants-quote Sun, 11 Oct 2026 06:00:00 GMT How to write content for AI search: answer first, then add dated statistics, quotations and sources. Based on GEO research, with before-and-after examples.