WordPress AI Search & GEO Blog
Expert guides, industry analysis, and technical deep dives into the world of Large Language Model Search Engine Optimization (LLM SEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).

Are You Blocking AI Crawlers? A 314-Site Study
We fetched 314 live websites as 38 different AI crawlers. 43% refused at least one, and 112 refused at the server with nothing in robots.txt to show for it.

AI Search News: September 2026
The September 2026 AI search news roundup: both engines marked down the listicle, ChatGPT's own searches turned up in Search Console, and our logs show AI visits quadrupling everywhere except those pages.

AI Search News: August 2026
The August 2026 AI search news roundup: ChatGPT's page-fetch surge faded after 11 days, Reddit lost 86% of its citations, and Claude got a browser of its own.

Peec AI Review 2026: Features, Pricing, Pros & Cons, and Alternatives
An honest Peec AI review: what it tracks, verified 2026 pricing, where the platform stops short, the real pros and cons, and how it compares with LovedByAI.

What Is llms.txt, and Do AI Crawlers Read It?
What an llms.txt file is, what one looks like, and whether AI crawlers read it. Across 82M crawler requests, AI bots fetched it 31 times in six months.

Does AI Search Optimization Work? A 108,000-Page Study
We counted the AI referral visits optimized pages earned against untouched pages on the same websites, over the same 90 days. Optimized pages earned 11 times the visits per page.

7 Best Peec AI Alternatives in 2026 (Compared by Features, Pricing & Best Use Cases)
Looking for the best Peec AI alternative? Compare LovedByAI, Profound, Scrunch AI, AthenaHQ, Otterly AI, Frase, and LLM Pulse by features, pricing, and use cases.

7 Best AthenaHQ Alternatives in 2026 (Compared by Features, Pricing & Use Cases)
Compare the 7 best AthenaHQ alternatives, including LovedByAI, Profound, Scrunch AI, Peec AI, RadarKit, Rankability, and Frase, by features, pricing, and use case.

7 Best AEO Tools in 2026: Answer Engine Optimization Tools Compared
We compared 7 AEO tools for ChatGPT, Google AI, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity: answer engine optimization software, AEO platforms, AEO tracking, and audit tools. Features, pricing, pros and cons, and which ones implement rather than only measure.

Best Software for AI Visibility Enhancement in 2026 (Tested)
Discover the best software for AI visibility enhancement. Compare 7 leading platforms to improve AI recommendations, monitor visibility, and grow AI referral traffic.

11 Best LLM SEO Tools in 2026 (LLM Visibility & Rank Tracking)
We compared 11 LLM SEO tools for ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and Perplexity: LLM visibility tools, LLM monitoring tools, rank trackers, and LLM optimization tools. Features, pricing, pros, cons, and which ones fix what they measure.

11 Best ChatGPT SEO Tools in 2026: Trackers & Checkers Compared
We compared 11 ChatGPT SEO tools: ChatGPT SEO software, rank trackers, SEO checkers, and analysis tools. Features, pricing, AI visibility tracking, AI referral traffic, and which ones fix what they measure instead of only reporting it.
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