Articles

The case for domain trust.

Analysis, opinion, and intelligence on AEO, AI citability, and the trust infrastructure of the web.

Framework

Getting Cited Once Was Never the Finish Line

Only 20% of brands stay visible across five consecutive AI answer runs. A citation is a single observation, not a credential.

August 25, 2026

Research

Robots.txt Was Never One Rule, and AI Assistants Are Proving It

Three independent investigations. One shared conclusion: no AI assistant treats robots.txt as a settled, uniform boundary.

August 25, 2026
August 7, 2026