CiteSpot ยท Guides https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/ 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z Can AI crawlers reach your store? How to check https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/check-ai-crawlers/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu AI assistants have to read your pages before they can cite them. Check robots.txt, your CDN's AI bot settings and the status code a crawler gets. Real commands. How to choose a GEO provider and what the contract should say https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/choose-geo-provider/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu Red flags (promised rankings, unlabeled paid posts, link buying), questions to ask, and six contract clauses that keep a GEO provider honest and measurable. What is GEO, and how is it different from SEO? https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/geo-vs-seo/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu GEO gets your store cited when ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews or Perplexity answer a shopper. Most of the groundwork is SEO. Three parts are new. How AI assistants decide which stores to mention https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/how-ai-picks-stores/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu AI assistants search live, split questions into narrower searches and quote pages they can read. What decides if your store is picked, and what you control. How long until a new page shows up in Google and AI answers? https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/how-long/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu Google says crawling takes a few days to a few weeks, with no guarantee. No AI company publishes a timeline. What to expect, and what you can do meanwhile. Does llms.txt matter for an online store? https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/llms-txt/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu As of Oct 8, 2026, no major AI search engine says it reads your llms.txt, and Google says it ignores it. Cheap to add, but don't expect it to move AI answers. Long-tail questions: why small stores can win them https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/long-tail-questions/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu Long-tail questions come with a budget, use case or model attached. Few people ask each one, but they are close to buying, and big brands rarely answer them. Reddit, YouTube and AI answers: how to take part honestly https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/reddit-youtube/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu AI answers lean on forums, videos and review sites, not just your store. How to show up there: real identity, real questions, disclosed ties, no sock puppets. Shopify Agentic Storefronts: what store owners should check https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/shopify-agentic-storefronts/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu Shopify sends eligible products to ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot and Meta by default. Check three things: your Agentic settings, product data and store policies. Does structured data help with AI answers? https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/structured-data/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu Structured data puts prices, stock and stars in Google results, but Google says AI answers need no special markup. What each type does, and how to check yours. How to check whether AI recommends your store https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/track-ai-mentions/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-09T00:00:00Z Duozhu Ask the same 20 buyer questions every week in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google, Gemini and Copilot, and log mentions and citations. One screenshot proves nothing. How to write a store page that AI answers will quote https://www.citespot.si/en/guides/write-answer-pages/ 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z 2026-10-08T00:00:00Z Duozhu One real shopper question per page: answer first, specs and prices in text, sourced numbers, honest downsides, a comparison table and a dated update line.