AI SearchHow to Get Cited by Gemini: 6 Smart, Effective Tactics Worth Testing
How to Get Cited by Gemini: 6 Smart, Effective Tactics Worth Testing By Istiak Ahmed Soikot, Founder and CEO, Rank OG. Last reviewed: November…
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The Rank OG SEO Blog
This is where we think out loud. No recycled listicles, no 500-word filler targeting a keyword. Every article here is written to do one of three things: teach you something useful about SEO, show you how AI search actually works, or give you data worth citing. If an article can’t do at least one of those, it doesn’t get published.
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We publish around three pillars, each serving a different job for readers and for the site.
1. AI Search
GEO and AEO explainers, citation tactics, and honest analysis of how ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews actually pick what to show. This is our wedge pillar: the topics where buyer curiosity is highest and good information is thinnest. If you want to understand where search is going, start here.
2. SEO Fundamentals
Checklists, timelines, pricing breakdowns, and plain-English guides to the parts of SEO that never change: technical health, on-page clarity, and content that earns its rankings. Practical, bookmarkable, built to rank for the questions business owners actually type.
3. Statistics & Data
Curated and original data roundups on SEO and AI search. Statistics are the most-cited content format on the internet, and cited content is exactly what AI systems lift. When we publish a number, we show the source. When we run our own analysis, we show the method.
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SEO GuidesTitle Tag Optimization: 7 Practical Rules for Better Rankings in 2026
Title Tag Optimization: 7 Practical Rules for Better Rankings in 2026 By Istiak Ahmed Soikot, Founder and CEO, Rank OG. Istiak has spent 4+…
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Link BuildingLink Building vs Link Earning: 5 Honest, Practical Differences
Link Building vs Link Earning: 5 Honest, Practical Differences By Istiak Ahmed Soikot, Founder and CEO, Rank OG Last reviewed: November 2026. Published: November…
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Ecommerce SEOCategory Page SEO: 7 Critical, Proven Elements That Rank and Convert
Category page SEO optimizes product listing pages to rank for commercial searches like ‘women’s running shoes’ and turn visits into sales.
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Local SEOLocal Citations SEO: 6 Powerful, Essential Reasons They Matter
Local citations SEO is the practice of keeping your business name, address and phone number accurate and consistent across directories, maps and mentions online.
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AI SearchHow to Get Cited by Perplexity: 7 Smart, Effective Tactics That Work
Here is how to get cited by Perplexity: let its PerplexityBot crawler read your site, publish pages that answer questions fast, keep facts current with visible dates, and earn mentions on sites Perplexity already trusts.
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SEO GuidesInternal Linking Strategy: 7 Practical, Proven Rules for Passing Authority
An internal linking strategy is your plan for connecting pages on your site so Google can find, crawl, and understand them.
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Link BuildingWhat Is Link Building? 7 Practical Proven Ways to Earn Links
What is link building? It is the process of earning links, called backlinks, from other websites to your site.
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AI SearchHow to Appear in Google AI Overviews: 7 Essential Tactics
To appear in Google AI Overviews, your page must be indexed and snippet-eligible, because Google builds overviews from its normal search index using retrieval-augmented generation.
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