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The source frames GEO as part of broader SEO, where AI visibility depends on reputation, entity work, mentions, and PR rather than a separate discipline.
Did you see Google's new post about GEO as SEO? And they're both the same thing. This was going viral in the SEO world.
Everybody was talking about this. Yeah, yeah. There's this non stop debate about SEO versus GEO.
Whether or not getting recommended in AI. Really just search engine optimization. What's Rand's take on this?
What did you call it when you wanted to appear in a featured snippet before AI overviews or an instant answer? I called it a SEO. I just don't see the difference.
It's like saying, because this website uses Javascript, we're doing Javascript website SEO. Just SEO, man. Is it changing their perception of your brand?
Sounds like SEO to me. I told you this the first time you came on the show. What made me gravitate towards your content was that you who talked about SEO in this very well rounded way.
It wasn't just ranking, it was about reputation management, it was about entity SEO. It was about getting mentions, it was about public relations and all of this stuff that now is so important for AI.
The source frames GEO as part of broader SEO, where AI visibility depends on reputation, entity work, mentions, and PR rather than a separate discipline.
Treat GEO work as an extension of SEO: map entity signals, reputation, mentions, PR coverage, and answer surfaces instead of creating a disconnected AI-only checklist.
This source is connected to GEO as broad SEO.
It wasn't just ranking, it was about reputation management, it was about entity SEO. It was about getting mentions, it was about public relations and all of this stuff that now is so important for AI.