I've been invited as a guest speaker in the AIEDGE Digital Summit that is taking place from the 18th to the 20th. I'd be talking about AEO from 12:30 Central So our scheduled call might be moved 15 -20 minutes after the scheduled time to 2:15 EST to allow for livestream setup! You're all invited to Join - It's FREE! https://aiedgesummit.com/

Hey AEO Community, We're running website metric analysis with Search Atlas. Would you like a free report on your domain, with key takeaways and opportunities for improvement? Give us your Website address below, and we'll run a quick report on your domain performance that will help you identify your strong points and opportunities for improvement!

For the first time in 25 years, consumers aren’t choosing a search engine… they’re choosing an assistant. Atlas. Comet. Perplexity. Gemini. Copilot. Even Apple’s about to enter the chat. And here’s the quiet shift almost no one is talking about: We’re moving from Browser → Search → Results to Surface → AI → Answer. Traditional search isn’t disappearing — it’s just moving upstream where users never see it. Google knows this. That’s why the homepage is slowly steering toward AI-first by default. The “two-lane highway” (classic search vs AI mode) won’t last. In a year or two, we won’t ask: “Which search engine do you use?” We’ll ask: “Which AI do you trust to interpret the internet for you?” That’s the battleground now. And the real optimization shift isn’t ranking → referencing. It’s ranking → being ingested. The brands that understand that won’t just survive this transition — they’ll shape it. What do you think — are we ready for an AI-first internet, or are we clinging to the last stage of the old era?

Is this a starting place or should I optimize the other pages first? ===== Where it appears in the book Section “C. Indexability” → “Boosting AI Crawler Access With An llms.txt File”. The book introduces llms.txt as a new proposal to help AI crawlers better understand your site and improve recognition/indexing. What the book says it is (and why) A simple text file at your site root (https://yoursite.com/llms.txt) that acts like a “backstage pass” or roadmap for AI bots—giving them concise metadata and curated links so they grasp your site’s purpose and key resources. It’s presented as an easy, high-impact step to help AI systems “see and understand” your content and prioritize it in AI-driven results. How the book says to create it Format it in Markdown, broken into clear sections so crawlers know what they’re looking at: H1 Title (site or project name) Summary block (1–2 line site description) Documentation links (e.g., Getting Started, API, Tutorials) Optional resources (community forum, changelog, etc.) The book even shows a mini layout (title, brief summary, docs list, optional resources). Save & place it at the root as llms.txt; optionally maintain a longer companion file llms-full.txt. Test accessibility by visiting the URL in a browser to confirm it loads and is readable to crawlers. The book’s “why this matters” Adding llms.txt “gives AI crawlers a clearer map” of your content and site structure, helping them prioritize your pages in AI search surfaces

New call schedule! To fit a broader member base and new dynamics, we had to push our call to 2PM EST. Please, adjust your calendars! 📅 This week's topic is: Your AEO Roadmap, What a full Answer Engine Optimization roadmap looks like after thousands of hours of testing and research. The AEO Blueprint is our action plan to turn your business from invisible to future-proofed and recommended by AI! See you there! Time: 2PM EST Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86523420240