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🧵 How to get ahead of 99% of brands in AI SEO (AEO edition)
Most brands still optimize for blue links.
LLMs optimize for answers.
Here’s what actually works right now 👇
9️⃣ The real AEO formula
To stay ahead of 99% of brands, focus on:
• Unique Data
• Community Authority
• Semantic Structure
Not hacks. Not keywords. Systems.
8️⃣ Google + Reddit changed the game
In 2024, Google signed a ~$60M/year deal to access Reddit data for AI + search.
Community content now directly feeds answer engines.
Ignore this shift and you disappear from AI results.
6️⃣ First-party data is the ultimate moat
Original studies
Internal benchmarks
Unique datasets
If you’re the only source, the model has no choice but to cite you.
This is the strongest form of AI SEO today.
4️⃣ Stop chasing DR. Chase relevance.
A niche-specific site linking to you > generic high-DR link.
Search has shifted to entity-based SEO.
Topic alignment now outweighs raw authority.
Relevance compounds in AI results.
3️⃣ Host comparison content on your site
Examples:
• “Best X for Y”
• “X vs Y vs Z”
• “Top alternatives to X”
LLMs summarize these pages constantly.
This is prime middle-of-funnel capture most brands ignore.
1️⃣ Reddit is no longer optional
Reddit is now the 2nd most cited source by LLMs after Wikipedia.
Traffic exploded ~8–9x after Google’s 2024 partnership.
Natural brand mentions in high-traffic threads = AI visibility.
No links needed.
@AravSrinivas Grammarly is irrelevant now .. I would rather prefer some tool which gives me rating on how the writing is like AI vs Human. As well as other metrics which can help with SEO. As grammar is already captured by most of the LLMs.