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What are the best free guides or resources available right now to learn how to rank in Perplexity and ChatGPT search results?

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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

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What are the best free guides or resources available right now to learn how to rank in Perplexity and ChatGPT search results?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
best free guides resources Generative Engine Optimization GEO ChatGPT search Perplexity ranking 2026 official documentationGoogle ↗
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OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher documentation crawler OAI-SearchBot website ownersGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Perplexity publisher documentation crawler PerplexityBot website owners search citationsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Generative Engine Optimization research paper 2024 2025 GEO methods citationsGoogle ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (4)
Short factOther / navigational50%ComparisonConsequenceReason25%DefinitionInstruction25%Yes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
best free guides resources Generative Engine Optimization GEO ChatGPT search Perplexity ranking 2026 official documentation Google ↗
OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher documentation crawler OAI-SearchBot website owners Google ↗
Perplexity publisher documentation crawler PerplexityBot website owners search citations Google ↗
Generative Engine Optimization research paper 2024 2025 GEO methods citations Google ↗
  1. Perplexity documentation · docs.perplexity.ai
  2. Perplexity Search · perplexity.ai
  3. Backlinko website · backlinko.com
  4. Overview of OpenAI Crawlers · developers.openai.com
  5. Publishers and Developers - FAQ · help.openai.com

Queries

4 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
best free guides resources Generative Engine Optimization GEO ChatGPT search Perplexity ranking 2026 official documentation
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Google ↗
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—Instruction——1x
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OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher documentation crawler OAI-SearchBot website owners
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Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Perplexity publisher documentation crawler PerplexityBot website owners search citations
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Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Generative Engine Optimization research paper 2024 2025 GEO methods citations
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Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1