AI Visibility Glossary: 30 Terms Defined
Plain-language definitions for AEO, GEO, Share of Answer, grounding, RAG, llms.txt, entity disambiguation, and the rest of the AI search vocabulary.
AI Visibility Research Team
The SIQA Editorial Team writes about AI visibility, Generative Engine Optimization, and the future of search.
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Plain-language definitions for AEO, GEO, Share of Answer, grounding, RAG, llms.txt, entity disambiguation, and the rest of the AI search vocabulary.
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