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      <title>We added a fifth AI engine. Here is what changed, and what did not.</title>
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      <description>Pro and Business Citation Sweeps now ask Grok as well. Why a new engine starts a new series, which engines we leave out and why, and what else changed.</description>
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      <title>We Built an AI Visibility Tool. Then We Tested Ourselves. The Result Was Zero.</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>AI engines found us by name but did not recommend us in our category test. What a 14-point panel effect and 0.9 points of drift teach about AI visibility.</description>
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      <title>One question is not a measurement</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>The one-minute AI visibility test tells you whether you win one question, not which questions you could win. Twelve questions on four engines produce a plan.</description>
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      <title>The AEO Buyer’s Guide: three short reads</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>Three short reads: what an AEO tool should do, what to require before you buy, and how to compare the market. Six minutes, each linking to the full guide.</description>
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      <title>The AEO Buyer’s Standard: 13 questions to ask before you buy</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>Purchasing requirements for answer engine optimization software. Seven requirements and thirteen questions to put to any AEO vendor - including us.</description>
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      <title>What should an AEO tool actually do?</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>AI visibility is six different outcomes. A mention is not a citation, a citation is not a recommendation. What the four kinds of AEO software actually answer.</description>
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      <title>Best AEO tools in 2026: what to compare before you buy</title>
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      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>A dated, sourced comparison of AEO software judged on seven purchasing requirements. Every competitor fact links to the vendor's own page. No winner named.</description>
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      <title>Why AI still doesn’t mention your business</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>Three gates in order — in the index, retrieved, cited — and why most advice aims at the third while most sites fail the first. Free checks included.</description>
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      <title>The engines read my site. Reading isn't citing.</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>AI crawlers fetched my pages and cited them zero times. Why being read is not being cited, and why more content was never going to fix it.</description>
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      <title>How AEO Analyzers works: the 90-second tour of a hundred-hour analysis</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>The pipeline, drawn: read your site, ask four answer engines (five on Pro and Business) your buyers' questions, score three layers, keep every transcript.</description>
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      <title>I ran my own AI-visibility tool on my own site. It scored 0%.</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>Lindsay Hiebert</dc:creator>
      <description>Known by name, recommended to buyers 0% of the time. The measured zero, what it means, and the monthly ledger that tracks whether it moves.</description>
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      <title>What you actually get: the action plan inside every Citation Sweep</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description>A sweep ends in a five-layer action plan: paste-in schema, fidelity corrections, an off-site plan from real citations, a battle-map, and proof.</description>
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      <title>Is your brand the answer AI gives — or is a competitor?</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>AEO Analyzers</dc:creator>
      <description>When buyers ask ChatGPT, Gemini or Perplexity for the best in your category, they get one answer: you or a competitor. A worked sample report; check yours free.</description>
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