Long-form guides on SEO, Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), AI search and AI agents, set in the order I would read them. They draw on platform documentation, my own testing and my work in search.
cydelavega.com › blog › what-is-ai
Artificial intelligence, or AI, is technology that lets computers do tasks that need human judgment. How it learns, why it errs, and how AI search uses a site.
cydelavega.com › blog › answer-engine-optimization-guide
What answer engine optimization (AEO) is, what the evidence says about AI citations and AI Overviews, and the first changes to make for AI search visibility.
cydelavega.com › blog › what-is-an-ai-agent
An AI agent is software that works toward a goal on your behalf by choosing its next step and using tools. See how agents work and what they change for a site.
cydelavega.com › blog › is-your-website-ready-for-ai-agents
A website is ready for AI agents when the systems you allow can find, read, reach, and use it. Four kinds of AI traffic, robots.txt, verification, a checklist.
cydelavega.com › blog › which-ai-bots-crawl-my-website
AI crawlers train models, feed AI search or fetch a page on request. See GPTBot, ClaudeBot and other bots by company, and which ones to block.
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