The AuthoritySource.ai journal
Field notes on placement quality, publisher economics, and trust.
How we keep publisher domains confidential until the moment a buyer pays, and what actually moves rankings once a placement is live.
SEO vs GEO: What Changes, What Stays the Same
Traditional search ranks a list. Generative search names a source. Here is where the two disciplines diverge across visibility tracking, keyword analysis and KPIs — and the fundamentals that still apply to both.
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How the AI Visibility Score Works — And Why It Matters
Our AI visibility figure counts real citations in ChatGPT, Gemini and AI Overview answers. Here is the exact formula, the bands, and why the answer layer now matters as much as the link graph.
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What Is Domain Rank? DataForSEO's Authority Metric, Explained
Domain Rank is DataForSEO's backlink-graph authority score. Here is how it is measured, why we divide it by 10 to show a 0–100 number, and how buyers should read it.
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Brand Mentions & Why They Matter for AI Platforms
Search is bifurcating. Backlinks still power Google, but brand mentions — linked and unlinked — are what AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude use to decide who gets cited. Here's how mentions work, why they matter for GEO, and how to earn the ones that actually move the needle.
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How AuthoritySource.ai Matches Buyers to Publishers
A behind-the-scenes look at how we classify publisher sites, score relevance, and match every buyer target URL to a natural editorial fit — without revealing the domain until an order is accepted.
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How the AuthoritySource.ai Site Score Is Calculated
A 0–100 quality score built from five weighted signals: organic visibility, authority, backlink quality, content quality, and technical trust. Here's how it works.
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