Are you trying to get your brand or product recommended by ChatGPT, but not sure how it actually works behind the scenes? In this video, I break down exactly how ChatGPT makes recommendations, where it gets its information, and what YOU can do to become one of the brands it mentions. Most of the tips floating around online about GEO/AEO wrong. I’ll show you what actually works by analyzing real queries, breaking down citation sources, and uncovering the exact strategies to help your brand get shortlisted and recommended. Strategies Covered: ✅ How ChatGPT finds and filters web pages ✅ Why only a few sources actually influence the answer ✅ How to reverse engineer those sources for your brand ✅ How to rank organically to increase citation potential ✅ How to use topical authority and backlinks to boost visibility ✅ Why shortlist citations matter more than general mentions ✅ Specific tactics to pitch or pay to get on curated lists ✅ Using long-tail and niche variations to break into competitive queries Key Takeaways: - ChatGPT uses a triage and filtering process, not just a simple crawl. - It references only the most relevant and authoritative sources to answer questions. - If you want to be recommended, you must be on the shortlisted citations. - Ranking high in Google still matters, most citations overlap with search results. - Smaller brands can still get featured by targeting specific use cases or long-tail queries. This video walks you through exactly what to look for, what to create, and how to get mentioned using real-world examples and data.

One of my best students has been applying everything I've provided in this group. Working on a DR 3 website. It was DR 0 at the beginning. For a while, there was nothing happening on the site, but he had faith. New websites are slow to get off the ground. Now it's picking up. And yes, this is with AI generated content. He manually reviewed and edited pages as recommended, but AI is doing the heavy lifting here. Now we're going to apply more scale to this site.

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