# Guides — CitedIndex > Source: https://citedindex.com/guides/ (researched, sourced, dated) 21 guides. Each links to its answer-first markdown twin. - [How to advertise in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-advertise-in-google-ai-mode-and-ai-overviews.md) — Which Google Ads campaigns can show in AI Overviews and AI Mode, the 12 countries for ads inside an AI Overview, and what you cannot target or report, from Google's own pages. _Advertise in AI answers · covers Where ads show, Which campaigns are eligible, What you cannot control, New formats Google is testing in AI Mode, How you pay · 6 min read · updated October 2026_ - [How to advertise in Microsoft Copilot](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-advertise-in-microsoft-copilot.md) — Which Microsoft Advertising ads show in Copilot, where, how they are chosen, and what you cannot opt out of or measure, from Microsoft's own pages. _Advertise in AI answers · covers How ads get into Copilot, Which ads are eligible, Where Copilot ads run, How ads are chosen, Newer formats, How you pay · 5 min read · updated October 2026_ - [Can you advertise on Perplexity? What it sold, and what it publishes now](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-advertise-on-perplexity.md) — Perplexity tested sponsored questions and ads beside its answers in the US from November 2024. What it said about them, and what it never published. _Advertise in AI answers · covers What Perplexity sold, What Perplexity does not publish, Where the programme stands, Showing up in Perplexity without ads · 4 min read · updated October 2026_ - [GEO vs AEO vs SEO: what each one means and which you need](https://citedindex.com/guides/geo-vs-aeo-vs-seo.md) — GEO, AEO and SEO compared: what each term means, where it shows, what you measure and which tools do it, with Google's own view on AI search. _The basics · covers What GEO is, What AEO is, GEO vs AEO vs SEO compared, What Google says about AEO and GEO, How AI answer engines find your pages, What GEO tools measure, Which one you need · 8 min read · updated October 2026_ - [How to advertise on ChatGPT: Ads Manager, partners, prices and rules](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-advertise-on-chatgpt.md) — How to run ads in ChatGPT: who sees them, the 89 countries, Ads Manager or a partner, CPM and CPC bidding, what you may advertise, from OpenAI's own pages. _Advertise in AI answers · covers Who sees ChatGPT ads, Where ChatGPT ads run, How to start: Ads Manager or a partner, How you pay, How ads are matched and measured, What you may advertise, What advertisers never see · 7 min read · updated October 2026_ - [Reconcile Google AI impressions with analytics](https://citedindex.com/guides/reconcile-google-ai-impressions-and-analytics.md) — Build an audit worksheet that separates Google AI impressions, Web clicks and Analytics outcomes, preserving unknowns without inventing AI attribution. _Measure what AI answers say · covers Separate AI impressions, Web clicks and Analytics outcomes without manufacturing AI attribution, Preserve unavailable and non-numeric UI values before exports convert them to zeros, Export chart and table data with a reporting-scope and metric-definition record, Align reporting periods, time zones, filters and canonical landing-URL groups, Explain property-versus-page aggregation with a synthetic worksheet, Investigate click/session discrepancies without requiring equal totals, Handle preliminary data, row limitations and Search Labs exclusions, Document report unavailability, including exclusion settings and conflicting rollout statements, Keep API responses, consumer-interface observations and conversion evidence separate, Maintain the canonical audit method through monthly and source-triggered reviews · updated September 2026_ - [Audit AI crawler permissions across robots and WAF](https://citedindex.com/guides/audit-ai-search-crawler-permissions.md) — A documentation-based audit of search, training and user-request permissions: compare robots.txt with CDN/WAF evidence before changing access. _Control crawlers and AI use · covers Separate intended search, training and user-requested fetch permissions, Inspect deployed robots.txt alongside CDN/WAF responses and origin evidence, Use official live IP references without user-agent-only trust or broad firewall bypasses, Diagnose a hypothetical OAI-SearchBot permission and WAF challenge mismatch, Distinguish PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User and Google's Google-Extended product token, Record evidence limits and maintain one canonical audit procedure · updated September 2026_ - [Control Google AI search without leaving Search](https://citedindex.com/guides/google-ai-search-content-controls.md) — Choose between Search Console AI inclusion, inherited property settings and snippet controls while protecting ordinary Search eligibility. _Control crawlers and AI use · covers Choosing a generative AI exclusion without using ordinary Search noindex, Search Console product scope, defaults and parent-child inheritance, Hypothetical example.com /research/ property exclusion and rollback, Passage-level data-nosnippet versus page-wide nosnippet, Crawl-access requirements for page-level and text-level instructions, AI training and separate service permissions, Caching, propagation and documented timing qualifications, Owner-approved permission inventory and separate observation records, Weekly maintenance of the same canonical guide · updated September 2026_ - [Why the same AI question can return different sources](https://citedindex.com/guides/why-ai-search-prompts-return-different-sources.md) — Separate the question, retrieval queries and answer; save context and settings before comparing repeated AI-search results or vendor reports. _The basics · covers Prompt, retrieval queries and answer as distinct stages, Provider-specific query rewriting, location, memory and query fan-out, A reusable comparison record with explicit unknowns, Hypothetical local-service comparison with mismatched location context, API search controls versus consumer-interface observations, Vendor methodology review and limits on source-change conclusions, Separate mention, citation, consulted-source and referral-traffic records, Monthly and source-triggered maintenance of the canonical guide · updated September 2026_ - [After a page fix: notify search engines and check](https://citedindex.com/guides/correct-stale-pages-for-ai-search.md) — Correct the authoritative page, notify participating engines with IndexNow, and log source, crawl, index and AI-answer evidence separately. _Control crawlers and AI use · covers Correcting and publicly checking authoritative pages, redirects and deletions, IndexNow ownership keys, host scope and URL-encoded request structure, Meaningful-change notifications and HTTP 200/202 acknowledgement limits, Separate source, crawl, index and AI-answer evidence logs, Hypothetical same-URL pricing correction timeline with unknown stages preserved, Manual ChatGPT checks and Bing citation-reporting limitations, Monthly maintenance of the same canonical tutorial · updated September 2026_ - [Reviewing AI-assisted pages for Google spam policy](https://citedindex.com/guides/google-ai-content-policy-review.md) — A publish-or-hold review for AI-assisted pages: assess reader value, source support, duplication and presentation against Google's guidance. _Control crawlers and AI use · covers Purpose-and-value review for scaled content abuse regardless of creation method, Manipulation of generative AI responses and query-variant publishing, Draft-level and batch-level publish-or-hold evidence, Original utility, source accuracy, distinct reader tasks and metadata, Hypothetical consolidation and worked editorial decision, General disclosure guidance versus Merchant Center labeling requirements, Policy dates, retrieval baseline and weekly canonical maintenance, Visibility measurement distinctions and unauthorized rank-scraping limits · updated September 2026_ - [How to audit an AI answer’s citation support](https://citedindex.com/guides/audit-ai-answer-citation-support.md) — Audit AI answers claim by claim: save context, compare source passages and dates, and classify support without mistaking links for proof. _Measure what AI answers say · covers Preserving answer text, product, date, prompt and response context, Separating consumer citations from other Sources-panel links, Mapping individual claims to passages and dates, Classifying supported, partially supported, unsupported and unverifiable evidence, Auditing an explicitly hypothetical multi-clause answer, Handling inaccessible, changed, stale and contradictory source content, Inspecting existing API url_citation annotations without making an API call, Keeping mentions, citations, referral traffic and UI observations separate, Maintaining one canonical method with monthly reviews · updated September 2026_ - [How to read Bing AI Performance citation counts](https://citedindex.com/guides/interpret-bing-ai-performance-citations.md) — Interpret Bing citation totals, average cited pages and sampled grounding queries without mistaking them for rankings, prompts or traffic. _Measure what AI answers say · covers The documented scope of Bing AI Performance’s public-preview announcement, Total citations versus average daily cited-page breadth, Page-level citation counts and sampled grounding phrases, A hypothetical two-period comparison with rising citations and falling average cited pages, Limits on inferring rankings, authority, prompts, placement, traffic and causality, A repeatable record for selecting a page accuracy or clarity check, IndexNow change notifications without indexing or citation guarantees, Monthly canonical-guide maintenance and source-change review · updated September 2026_ - [How to rank in AI search results](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-rank-in-ai-search-results.md) — A practical workflow for discoverability and citation measurement across AI search products, with documented crawl controls and no guaranteed rankings or citation timelines. _The basics · covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, AI Overviews · 9 min read · updated September 2026_ - [How to get cited by Claude](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-get-cited-by-claude.md) — A sourced guide to Claude app and API web search, citation fields, honest content maintenance and manual citation checks without guaranteed ranking rules. _Get cited, engine by engine · covers Claude · 9 min read · updated September 2026_ - [How to get cited by Microsoft Copilot](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-get-cited-by-copilot.md) — A sourced guide to Copilot product differences, Bing web grounding, citation dashboard limits and content maintenance without citation guarantees. _Get cited, engine by engine · covers Copilot · 9 min read · updated September 2026_ - [How to get cited by Google Gemini](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-get-cited-by-gemini.md) — Gemini Apps source links, Gemini API grounding and Google Search are different surfaces. A sourced publishing workflow, measurement limits and historical citation-table caveats. _Get cited, engine by engine · covers Gemini · 10 min read · updated September 2026_ - [How to rank in Google AI Overviews: get cited, not just #1](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-get-cited-in-google-ai-overviews.md) — Google AI Overviews eligibility, query fan-out and practical content checks, with primary Google guidance and clearly dated citation-study limitations—not guaranteed ranking factors. _Get cited, engine by engine · covers AI Overviews · 11 min read · updated September 2026_ - [How to get cited by Perplexity](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-get-cited-by-perplexity.md) — A sourced guide to Perplexity crawler controls, accurate content maintenance and manual citation checks, separating documented capabilities from untested ranking advice. _Get cited, engine by engine · covers Perplexity · 10 min read · updated September 2026_ - [How to measure your AI visibility: share-of-voice, not one score](https://citedindex.com/guides/measuring-ai-share-of-voice.md) — What "AI visibility" actually means for a brand, why the tools disagree on a single visibility score, and how to audit and track your share-of-voice across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude and AI Overviews, including a free, no-tool method. _Measure what AI answers say · covers ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, AI Overviews · 11 min read · updated September 2026_ - [How to get cited by ChatGPT](https://citedindex.com/guides/how-to-rank-in-chatgpt.md) — Let its search crawler in, write pages it can quote, and count the answers that name you each month. _Get cited, engine by engine · 5 min read · updated October 2026_