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  • Content and structure

    Before hiring a blog agency: decide where posts are published and who owns them

    The economic rights in content written by a blog agency pass to your company only if the contract contains an assignment clause, and whether a post stays up or is deleted is decided by the owner of the domain and account where it was published. Citing the original text of laws and terms, this article also explains ownership by publishing channel, the difference between an assignment and a license, Naver's account policy, and how to disclose reviewer-program posts.

  • Content and structure

    How AI citation rates change when a GEO agency handles content publishing

    If a GEO agency also handles content publishing, you can measure changes in AI citation rates 4 to 12 weeks after publishing. This article explains the difference between consulting and an agency service that includes publishing, how long it takes for citation rates to change, and the metrics to measure.

  • Content and structure

    An AEO content checklist to improve AI search citation rates

    We turned the format conditions of content that ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude cite into a checklist. Each item comes with how to implement it, and we explain each engine's citation traits, application priorities, and how to measure citation rates.

  • Content and structure

    Automated blog management checklist to review before choosing a GEO agency

    Yes, there are GEO agencies that run everything through content publishing. This article explains what an integrated agency should handle, how to spot services that are GEO in name only, and the automated blog management checklist to use before agency meetings, along with the order for applying it.

  • Content and structure

    Content formats and design principles that increase AI search citations

    To get ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude to cite your brand's content in their answers, you need definition sentences, a heading hierarchy, an FAQ format, source citations, and schema markup together. This guide covers article format, trust signals, topic clusters, and citation measurement, in that order.

  • Content and structure

    How to write and validate schema markup for AEO

    Schema markup for AEO is JSON-LD placed in the page HEAD. Covers which types to use on content articles and company sites, how to write BlogPosting, FAQPage, BreadcrumbList, Organization, and Product, and the tools to validate them before deployment.

  • Content and structure

    Characteristics of pages that AI cites

    This article explains the characteristics of pages that ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews often excerpt into their answers. It covers first-sentence answers, question-style headings, schema that matches the body, authoritative sources within sentences, and a two-tier layout of a short answer and a long body, along with priorities by page type.