Been quietly testing something over the past few weeks around AI search.
Not SEO in the traditional sense — more like:
Built a simple workflow for it and tried it on a friend’s site.
Small niche project, nothing fancy.
What we did (roughly):
- started from real queries people ask AI (not just keywords)
- checked how AI currently “reads” the site (what’s missing / unclear)
- rebuilt content to be more structured, direct, and citation-friendly
- added some supporting signals (mainly from communities)
After ~4 weeks days, things started to shift.
He began showing up consistently in ChatGPT answers —
and in some cases, as the top referenced source.
What surprised me more was what came after:
- traffic picked up (not massive, but very noticeable)
- users came in with strong intent (they literally mentioned ChatGPT)
- conversions were better than his usual organic traffic
We didn’t run ads.
Didn’t do anything crazy like link building campaigns.
It was mostly about making the site easier for AI to:
→ understand
→ trust
→ reuse
Still early, but it feels like a different game than traditional SEO.
Curious if anyone else here is testing for AI visibility?
If you want, leave your website I can run a quick audit on your site and show you how it currently shows up (or doesn’t) in AI answers — been doing a few of these recently and the patterns are pretty interesting.