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Content marketing
YouTube
How to create content that gets cited by AI search engines
Ahrefs
May 13, 2026
Content marketing
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SEO
7
AI strategy & adoption
6
Word count is irrelevant — freshness and format drive AI citations
Every section must stand alone; AI chunks content unpredictably
Brand your original ideas or LLMs will absorb them without credit
Technical SEO for AI: robots.txt, crawlers, and llms.txt
Ahrefs
May 13, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
6
5.9% of sites silently block AI crawlers via robots.txt
ChatGPT cannot render JavaScript — your content may be invisible
AI sends visitors to 404 pages 2.87x more than Google does
YouTube SEO for AI search: a three-step ranking process
Ahrefs
May 13, 2026
SEO
9
Content marketing
5
YouTube is the strongest predictor of ChatGPT visibility of any factor studied
Target search hits, not viral hits, for consistent AI and Google traffic
Your videos are AI training data — structure and specificity compound over time
Brand mentions for AI visibility: a three-tier framework
Ahrefs
May 13, 2026
Brand mentions outperform backlinks for Google AI overview visibility
43.8% of ChatGPT citations come from listicles — get on them
Unmonitored mentions can teach AI wrong things about your brand
Keyword and prompt research for AI SEO and AEO
Ahrefs
May 6, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
6
Content marketing
5
High-traffic keywords can be traps if AI overviews kill the click
Tool-based queries have no AI overviews — organic clicks still available
Brand mentions in AI responses require a different targeting strategy
How to run a brand gap analysis for AI search visibility
Ahrefs
May 5, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
6
Six gap dimensions reveal exactly where AI ignores your brand
Filter Brand Radar to find citations competitors earn that you don't
Audit competitors too — their gaps are often your quick wins
How Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity rank content differently
Ahrefs
April 29, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
7
Only 14% of top cited domains overlap across all three platforms
Google rankings predict Perplexity citations far more than ChatGPT
ChatGPT favours high-authority publishers over well-ranked pages
Answer Engine Optimization: what it is and why it matters now
Ahrefs
April 29, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
7
AI Overviews cut top-ranking page click-through rates by 58%
AI traffic converts at 23x the rate of organic search
AEO builds on SEO — compete for citations, not positions
What AI visibility really means: three types every marketer should know
Ahrefs
April 29, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
6
Only 28% of AI brand mentions include a clickable link.
Unlinked mentions outperform backlinks as a predictor of AI visibility.
The visibility type that matters most depends on your business model.
How AI search engines find, evaluate, and cite content
Ahrefs
April 29, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
6
One prompt silently expands into up to 28 simultaneous sub-queries
76% of AI citations come from pages already in Google's top 10
AI citations are probabilistic — there is no fixed ranking position
YouTube SEO: how to get consistent search views from Google and AI
Ahrefs
April 15, 2026
SEO
10
Growth hacking
7
AI strategy & adoption
5
Boring titles beat clickbait when you optimise for Google search
Say your keyword aloud — Google listens and ranks accordingly
YouTube is the most cited domain in Google AI Overviews
Retention & loyalty
YouTube
How Chewy beat Amazon in Google search with three replicable moves
Ahrefs
April 1, 2026
Retention & loyalty
9
SEO
8
Content marketing
7
99.7% retention rate built on $50 gestures with $15k lifetime payback
Product-led content turns safety questions into instant add-to-cart moments
Viral customer care stories generate high-authority backlinks without outreach
SEO in 2026: ranking in Google during the AI era
Ahrefs
March 18, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
7
AI overviews now strip 58% of clicks from the top organic result.
Brand mentions on cited pages beat backlinks as an AI visibility signal.
Action-oriented queries (tools, calculators) remain safe ground for traditional SEO.
How to pick a niche for SEO when starting from scratch
Ahrefs
March 4, 2026
High search volume signals competition a new site can't beat
Four filters — competition, value, breadth, interest — eliminate bad niches fast
Local sub-niches lower keyword difficulty without sacrificing commercial intent
Keyword research for Google and AI search in 2026
Ahrefs
February 18, 2026
SEO
9
AI strategy & adoption
7
AI overviews steal 35% of clicks even from the top ranking result
Tools and calculators are currently immune to AI overview displacement
Brand mentions in online conversations now directly influence AI recommendations