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LLMs only look at about 12 pages when recommending brands. Are you mentioned on the right ones? #AIsearch #ChatGPT #SEO #MentionBuilding #MarketingTips

2026-01-21published
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If you want your brand to be recommended in AI search like ChatGPT or Google's AI mode, then you need to be mentioned on third party websites, websites other than your own. Getting these mentions is commonly referred to as mention building, but people often get a few things wrong. So I'd like to take some time to talk about which mentions actually help you get recommended by large language models. First of all, it's important to understand that these large language models are not scouring the internet trying to find every mention of your brand. Instead, when someone goes to ChatGPT or Google's AI looking for a recommendation about the kind of product or service you sell, the model performs a real time search. It might retrieve 100 webpages and then look at about a dozen of them. So ultimately, it really only matters if you're mentioned on those dozen webpages. Now of course, the websites

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If you want your brand to be recommended in AI search like ChatGPT or Google's AI mode, then you need to be mentioned on third party websites, websites other than your own. Getting these mentions is commonly referred to as mention building, but people often get a few things wrong. So I'd like to take some time to talk about which mentions actually help you get recommended by large language models. First of all, it's important to understand that these large language models are not scouring the internet trying to...
elp you rank at the top of these listicles. However, as I was saying before, you don't need to be getting reviews on every directory. There's probably one to three directories that large language models really like for your industry and you should focus your efforts there. For many industries, discussion forms like Reddit and Facebook groups are often cited, but again, it's typically the same threads and posts that are cited over and over again. So instead of just randomly spraying recommendations for your brand...

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LLMs are not scanning every brand mention; mentions matter most on the small set of pages retrieved and cited for relevant recommendation prompts.

Mention building / cited pages · asserts

If you want your brand to be recommended in AI search like ChatGPT or Google's AI mode, then you need to be mentioned on third party websites, websites other than your own. Getting these mentions is commonly referred to as mention building, but people often get a few things wrong. So I'd like to take some time to talk about which mentions actually help yo...

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Many industries may have only one to three directories that LLMs frequently cite, so review-building should focus on those rather than every directory.

Directories / review focus · asserts

elp you rank at the top of these listicles. However, as I was saying before, you don't need to be getting reviews on every directory. There's probably one to three directories that large language models really like for your industry and you should focus your efforts there. For many industries, discussion forms like Reddit and Facebook groups are often cit...

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Highly cited articles are difficult but valuable sources; the creator suggests asking authors what it would take to recommend the brand.

Outreach / cited articles · asserts

elp you rank at the top of these listicles. However, as I was saying before, you don't need to be getting reviews on every directory. There's probably one to three directories that large language models really like for your industry and you should focus your efforts there. For many industries, discussion forms like Reddit and Facebook groups are often cit...

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