5 MENTAL SEO Tips to Get Cited by AI

Eight years ago, I made a video on ranking #1 on Google. It's still my most viewed video ever, but ranking #1 doesn't mean what it used to. People aren't just Googling anymore. They're asking ChatGPT and other AI tools, and those tools only pick a few sources to quote.

In this video, I break down five specific things that get your website pulled into AI answers. That covers how AI engines actually read your content, why they favor human writing, how what people say about you off your site affects whether you get cited, and which questions send traffic back to you.

It's based on what my team has been seeing in our own research, including surveys of 1,000 marketers and an analysis of over 3,000 pieces of content across 100 companies. If your content isn't showing up in AI answers yet, this is where to start.

You will learn:
— Why listicles and roundups earned almost 22% of all citations, and how to format your content so AI can lift it
— Why human-written content held readers for 2 minutes 31 seconds on average vs. 1 minute 54 seconds for AI-generated content (and why a light edit doesn't close the gap)
— Why customer reviews ranked #1 and industry awards ranked last among the outside signals marketers say AI trusts
— Why generic questions get answered with no citation, and how to create content AI can't answer without you

Chapters:
00:00 — Introduction
00:23 — Chapter 1: Structure Your Content So AI Can Actually Pull It
02:14 — Chapter 2: Let A Human Write The Final Version
03:59 — Chapter 3: Stay In Your Own Neighborhood
05:48 — Chapter 4: Manage What People Say About You Off Your Own Site
07:58 — Chapter 5: Answer The Question Only An Expert Could Answer

Turning your expertise into content takes work. My team helps clients figure out which questions their customers are asking and draw out the expertise needed to answer them. Learn more at npdigital.com.