Alex
AI Engineer at Citedon
Alex is an AI engineer at Citedon, where they work on the scan engine that measures how readable a site is to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude, and on the fixes that make a site agent-ready and keep it that way as the models change. Alex writes about answer engine optimization, structured data, and the practical work of staying readable to AI engines.
Posts by Alex
- Jun 7, 2026The Best AI Visibility and Citation Tools in 2026 (Honest Roundup)A straight comparison of the tools that track and improve how AI engines see your site, including where each one fits and where Citedon does not.
- Jun 2, 2026Measuring vs Fixing: What to Look For in an AI Citation ToolMost AI citation tools measure and report. A few also fix readiness and maintain it as things drift. Here is how to tell which job you are actually buying.
- May 26, 2026AI Search for Lead Gen: Getting Found for Insurance and Loan QueriesBuyers ask an AI engine about insurance and loans before they ever fill a form. Here is whether engines can read your page when they build that answer, and why readiness matters most in regulated finance.
- May 19, 2026Readable by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude: a Per-Engine Readiness GuideEach engine reads a page a little differently. Here is what makes you readable and eligible across all four, and why the durable bet is the common layer, measured.
- May 12, 2026Make Your WordPress Site AI-Ready Without Replacing Yoast or Rank MathYou do not need to rip out your SEO plugin to be readable by AI engines. Here is how to add the machine-readable layer on top of what you already run.
- May 5, 2026Why Isn't My Site Showing Up in ChatGPT? A Diagnostic ChecklistA concrete, checkable list of the reasons ChatGPT skips a site, and how to tell which one is yours in about a minute.
- Apr 28, 2026The Schema That Makes Your Pages Machine-ReadableSchema is how a page describes itself to a machine. Here is the markup that makes your pages readable to AI engines, and the honest limit of what it can do.
- Apr 16, 2026How AI Engines Decide What to RecommendNobody outside the labs knows the exact ranking. But the input signals an engine can read are visible and controllable. Here is what they are.
- Apr 9, 2026AI Answers Are Eating the Click. Can Engines Even Read Your Page?More searches resolve inside the answer, no click needed. The question that decides your future is whether AI engines can read your page when they build that answer.
- Apr 2, 2026What Answer Engine Optimization Actually Is (A 2026 Field Guide)AEO is not a growth hack. It is making your pages machine-readable, then checking whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Claude can actually read them.