Visibility posts from Will's Journal.
These are the Visibility posts from Will's Journal — writing from this practice, not the Visibility service page.
The Visibility practice: When they ask the machine, it should say your name. — page 4 of this archive.
Which Visibility posts are in this archive?
AI Visibility Are there special technical requirements for AI Overviews
No secret Google API exists for AI Overviews. You need crawlable HTML, extractable answers, valid structured data, indexable pages, and Googlebot access.
AI Visibility Which AI bots should I allow vs block
Allow citation crawlers if you want to be recommended; block Bytespider and CCBot if you do not need them. GPTBot trains. Googlebot is not Google-Extended.
AI Visibility The llms.txt Question Nobody Answers Properly
Everyone is shipping llms.txt files. Almost nobody is shipping one that changes whether a model can actually answer a question about them.
AI Visibility Can I do AEO myself or do I need an agency
Yes — DIY week one: extractable answers, matching schema, and allow GPTBot. Hire for competitive categories, a measurement stack, or entity-cleanup work.
AI Visibility Does original research help me get cited by AI
Yes if the finding is unique, extractable, and method-labeled. Uncited blog opinions do not get reused as AI citations. Methods, sample, and date required.
AI Visibility How do I appear in Google AI Overviews
Appear in Google AI Overviews by shipping extractable answers, consistent entity facts, and crawlable HTML, then measuring citations on a frozen query panel.
AI Visibility Is SEO dead in 2026 because of AI answers
No. SEO is not dead in 2026. AI answers changed clicks and the scoreboard; rankings still matter for crawl, snippet eligibility, and the candidate pool.
AI Visibility Do AI-referred leads convert better than organic search leads
You cannot know if AI-referred leads close better until you tag them apart from Google organic and compare close rate on the same opportunity — not a lift %.
AI Visibility How does Google AI Mode handle product search queries
Google AI Mode handles product search by grounding shopping questions in Search plus Merchant Center data: matching price, stock, Product schema, and reviews.
AI Visibility Page-One Rankings Don’t Guarantee an AI Overview Citation
You can rank top 10 and still miss AI Overviews when the page fails snippet eligibility, extractability, or query fan-out — fix those before chasing links.
AI Visibility llms.txt for Brands: What to Publish, What to Skip, and How Models Use It
llms.txt should brief models on who you are and which URLs settle which questions — not dump your sitemap. Here is what brands should publish and skip.
AI Visibility ChatGPT Skips You When It Can’t Corroborate You
ChatGPT recommends competitors when it can corroborate them and cannot build the same evidence trail for you — fix corroboration before writing more blogs.
What should I know about this Visibility archive?
- What is this Visibility archive?
- These are the Visibility posts from Will's Journal — writing from this practice, not the Visibility service page.
- Is this the Visibility service page?
- No. This is a journal lane archive. The Visibility practice is at /visibility. When they ask the machine, it should say your name..