AI & AEO

ChatGPT Search

Quick Definition

ChatGPT Search is OpenAI's web search feature that lets ChatGPT pull current information from the web with citations.

In context

Citations from ChatGPT Search are increasingly important for brand visibility. Optimization overlaps significantly with traditional SEO — well-structured authoritative content tends to be cited.

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Related terms

Perplexity AI

Perplexity is a search engine that uses LLMs to generate answers with inline citations to source pages.

Citation Staleness

Citation staleness is the gap between when AI engines were last updated to reflect your latest content and when those citations actually reflect current information — typically days to weeks for dominant AI search surfaces.

Featured Snippet vs AI Overview

Featured snippets show one direct answer pulled from a single ranking page; AI Overviews synthesize from multiple sources with AI-generated text.

Google AI Mode

AI Mode is Google's expanded conversational AI search experience (announced 2024–2025) — a more chat-style search surface beyond the AI Overview module embedded in classical SERPs.

Claude Search

Claude Search is Anthropic's web-search capability inside Claude, which queries live web sources and synthesizes cited answers similar to ChatGPT search and Perplexity.

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

MCP is an open protocol introduced by Anthropic in late 2024 for connecting AI assistants to external data sources and tools in a standardized way.

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