# Optimization — Blog — Khadija Zaman

> What to change on a site so AI engines retrieve it, cite it and describe it accurately. Passage retrievability, entity clarity, source authority, machine-readable structure and the difference between a citation and a mention. Each post ends with a check you can run on your own pages in under ten minutes.

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# Optimization

What to change on a site so AI engines retrieve it, cite it and describe it accurately. Passage retrievability, entity clarity, source authority, machine-readable structure and the difference between a citation and a mention. Each post ends with a check you can run on your own pages in under ten minutes.

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Optimization30 Jun 2026 · 5 min

## How to Get Your Brand Cited by ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity

Ranking #1 in Google no longer guarantees you appear in an AI answer — the systems judge content differently. A checklist to make pages retrieval-ready.

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