Karamjit Singh | RankAsAnswer

Building RankAsAnswer in public — starting today. Most sites rank #1 on Google but are invisible when ChatGPT answers the same query. That gap is what I'm fixing. 0 users. 0 MRR. Just the idea + code. #BuildInPublic #GEO #AISEO

@jakezward Been building in this space as a founder and yeah, every 'SEO killer' just creates a new layer. traditional rankings still drive most traffic, but now we're also tracking what actually gets cited in ChatGPT/Perplexity answers. The winners adapt to both.

SEO has been dying since 1997. - Google Ads - Social media - TikTok search - Voice assistants - Featured snippets - Zero-click searches - Every Google update - AI Overviews in Google - GEO/AEO as the new SEO - ChatGPT replacing Google And now... AI agents? Here’s the reality:

@neilpatel People now ask full questions because AI Overviews feel like chatting. The tricky part is even when you answer perfectly, you still need to check if AI tools actually cite you.

There's been a 163% increase in the number of people typing questions into Google. With AI Overviews, Google is seeing more and more people ask questions just like ChatGPT. If you aren't optimizing for question-based queries, you are missing out on brand awareness.

@jakezward Been building in this space for a while now. GEO isn't just merging with SEO — it's exposing the gap where Google #1 doesn't mean AI answers cite you at all.

So is GEO just part of SEO now?

Is SEO dead and being replaced by GEO? Well, let's look at the data. We took websites that spend money on both SEO and GEO. We then compared traffic, conversion rates, and LTV for each channel. Here are the results.

@neilpatel Spot on Neil. We've seen the exact same pattern on our own sites — tiny AI traffic but way higher conversion and LTV than Google. Been obsessed with this so I built a tool - RankAsAnswer.co to track when ChatGPT/Perplexity actually cite your site.

@jakezward Seen brand mentions kill traffic for sites we ran in the last few years. Real expertise still beats AI slop.That's why we're building RankAsAnswer.com — to check if ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google actually cite your site.

2026 SEO predictions: (Took me until February to compile this) 1. Publishers lose 30-40% of their traffic. AI Overviews now appear in 44% of queries and are eating up informational clicks. 2. "Position 1" becomes meaningless. Share of SERP is the new metric. You need to appear in AI Overviews, PAA, videos, AND organic results to win. 3. Schema becomes non-negotiable. LLMs optimise for token efficiency. They want to understand your content in the fewest tokens possible. Schema tells them exactly what they need to know. 4. Brand mentions in AI answers replace clicks as the primary KPI. Your content gets consumed in AI summaries, not on your site. If your brand isn't mentioned, you don't exist. 5. Many SEO agencies won't survive 2026. AI automation replaces services, traffic declines kill their results, lack of conversion focus is highlighted, and they can't pivot fast enough. 6. Human expertise crushes 100% AI slop. Nearly half of the web will be AI-generated. Small bloggers with real experience will outrank Forbes and HubSpot because they actually lived it. 7. Keyword tracking tools become less popular. Zero-click searches dominate. Traditional rank tracking becomes almost useless in isolation. 8. Attribution becomes your biggest nightmare. The user journey fragments across LLMs, Google, and other platforms. You need to prove SEO's value through contribution analysis, not last-click attribution. 9. Proprietary data becomes your moat. Own original research, customer insights, and first-party data that AI can't regurgitate. 10. Feeds and structured data become your brand protection. Control what you send to Google and OpenAI directly. It's your biggest defence against AI hallucinations and misrepresentation. 11. Topic clusters completely replace keyword lists. LLMs use vector embeddings, not keyword matching. Create topic hubs where your pages link together. 12. SEO fundamentals still win. Indexation, internal linking, crawl optimizing... remain critical. AI doesn't change the foundation, it adds layers on top (traditional SEO on hard-mode). 13. Content refresh beats new content. Everyone publishes the same AI summaries. Update your best content with fresh insights and real expertise. 14. ROI replaces vanity metrics. Traffic for traffic's sake dies. Companies ask more questions like, "does this convert or just inflate numbers?" 15. SEO doesn't die, it evolves. Call it GEO, AEO, whatever. The fundamentals remain. Fix user problems, earn trust, get visibility, and convert traffic. 16. The fastest wealth creation in SEO comes from spotting what others underestimate. Most people think traditional SEO is dead. They're wrong. That's your edge. 2026 should be wild for search. What did I miss?

@brodieseo @aleyda This shift away from rankings to AI presence and readiness hits hard. After 18 years auditing client sites, even great content gets skipped if AI can’t easily pull from it. RankAsAnswer spots those exact gaps in real time.

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@jakezward Seen this exact thing with client sites over the years. No fancy tricks ever helped with AI Overviews. If your content already ranks well in normal search, that's what gets picked up.

5. “You need special tactics to win spots in AI Overviews” Google has been clear that there isn’t a hidden trick. AI Overviews rely on the same fundamentals as organic search: high-quality, relevant, authoritative content. If your pages already perform well in traditional search, they’re eligible to be surfaced in AI Overviews. What matters is clarity, expertise, and trustworthiness, not special tactics or gimmicks.

I’m seeing tons of misleading SEO advice for ranking in AI platforms. Let’s bust 5 of the biggest myths:

@Auntyadaa This is the kind of AI use that hits different. As a founder building tools around it, I've seen how these personal stories remind us tech's real power is reviving memories, not just chasing hype. Beautiful work. (What tool did he use for the animation?)

Son used Ai to turn his mother’s old photos Into a 60th birthday gift 💝

Built something similar early on — made our whole product loop run on AI agents with human review only at the end. Cut our dev time in half. The key was treating our own site data as the single source of truth that the agents could actually query reliably. That's why I built RankAsAnswer.com to track what LLMs actually cite.

YC on how to build a company with AI from the ground up:

@LinusEkenstam That’s a slick demo. As a founder who’s built AI products, I get why it feels fun — but damn, that’s a high-res photo of your palm lines. Basically handing over your fingerprint. Once it’s in their system, good luck getting it out.

You must try this. GPT Image-2 can do PALM reading and I’m so here for it. Full prompt below ⤵️

man, we learned this the hard way. Our sites hit #1 on Google but got zero mentions in ChatGPT or Perplexity. These skills are perfect for creating content. We built RankAsAnswer.com to quickly check if AI tools are actually citing your pages or not. Game changer when you start measuring it.

SEO and GEO skills for AI coding assistants github.com/aaron-he-zhu/s…

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@starter_story @hasaamb great value, smart distribution beats building an audience from zero. Partnering with Legacy X for equity access was genius (loved the reach)—validates the niche pain deeply first, then leverages warm traffic. Speed + targeted reach = rocket fuel.

This guy has LESS THAN 600 followers on X. Yet he's at $20K MRR and he built his app in 48 hours. This is one of the smartest distribution plays I've seen so far... Here’s the top 4% of my chat with @hasaamb: > 90-day revenue timeline from 0 → $21.8K MRR (1:40) > The distribution hack he used overnight (4:04) > His 48-hour build sprint, hour by hour (5:02) > The 6-step playbook to pick an idea (8:49) > The exact tech stack for shipping fast (11:12)

Been shipping solo for a while now — one lesson that still surprises me is how much traffic and trust comes from simply being visible where people actually search (ChatGPT, Perplexity, etc.). That's why I'm building RankAsAnswer.com — it shows you exactly when (and why) AI tools cite your site or miss it. Real founder pain turned into a simple tool. Happy Monday, let's connect if you're in AI/search space.

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True — reddit threads get cited heavily by Perplexity and ChatGPT. As a founder, I saw our own site start appearing in AI answers after consistent, helpful Reddit replies (not spammy ones). The missing piece is tracking it. I built RankAsAnswer.com exactly for that — drops your URL and shows if/where LLMs actually cite you.

here’s how to get your first 50 users from reddit: > go to redditgrow.ai > drop your product url > it scans reddit 24/7 for high-intent threads > finds people already asking for what you built > writes replies that feel natural, not like desperate promo > you just post and get users bonus: this will help you rank on llms

Building RankAsAnswer.com – an AI search visibility tool that shows you exactly when ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Grok cite your site (or miss it). Helps founders track if their content is actually showing up in AI answers. Love these threads, Robert. Great way to stay connected. #indiehackers #buildinpublic

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@W33Z_global Building a tool that ranks the best answers to any question with real user votes + AI. Cuts through noise for creators & communities fast. Check it out: RankAsAnswer.com

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@TTrimoreau Supabase, no doubt very user friendly.

Which database are you using for your product? -Firebase -Postgres -MongoDB -Supabase

@buildwithshyam RankAsAnswer started as a simple internal tool to track our own and clients citations. Turns out every brand we talk to has the same blind spot with AI overviews. Here's ours: rankasanswer.com

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