Google and AI Source Overlap Across 12 Medical Niches
A descriptive US benchmark of explicit ChatGPT and Gemini citations against paired Google organic Top 20 results across 12 medical niches.
Read the studyResources
Original medical research, reusable datasets and practical guides to how Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Gemini describe and recommend clinics.
For clinics
Original research
US-English studies of AI citations, source overlap and the observable path from early search actions to final provider shortlists.
A descriptive US benchmark of explicit ChatGPT and Gemini citations against paired Google organic Top 20 results across 12 medical niches.
Read the studyAcross 180 commercial provider-selection responses, 85.0% of final provider positions were occupied by organizations already named in the query strings of the first returned web-search action.
Read the studyAcross 450 isolated ChatGPT-authenticated runs, this New York City study compares provider inclusion, presentation order and visible sources across five model and reasoning-effort configurations.
Read the studyA claim-level audit of 43 identified caveat families from 450 New York City clinic answers tests what was supported, overstated, stale, unsupported or unverifiable.
Read the studyGEO / AI search
AEO vs GEO compared: surfaces, signals, and where the terms overlap. Why in practice it's one job with two aims — and when each term fits. August 2026.
Read the guideA working AI search optimization process: baseline audit, entity fixes, answer-first content, citation building, and monthly measurement across AI surfaces.
Read the guideHow ChatGPT picks sources, which OpenAI crawlers control your visibility in robots.txt, and a step-by-step roadmap to getting named in ChatGPT answers.
Read the guideA GEO strategy sequenced for small sites: five phases with deliverables and KPIs, an effort-versus-impact matrix backed by research, and what to postpone.
Read the guideA GEO checklist in five layers — technical, entity, content, sources, measurement — with 27 pass/fail items, each with a check and a done-when criterion.
Read the guideFive plain-language steps to get your business named in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI answers: first move per surface, common mistakes, and a monthly check.
Read the guideHow to measure AI visibility: our full method — a fixed 16-prompt battery, four AI surfaces, a clean-session protocol, and our own honest zero baseline.
Read the guideHow to rank in ChatGPT answers: which factors actually influence citation, a 6-step checklist with verification steps, and what you cannot buy. August 2026.
Read the guideGoogle says there is no special markup for AI Overviews — only indexing and snippet eligibility. Six steps, an eligibility checklist, and 2026 citation data.
Read the guideAI search optimization is the umbrella term for being visible in AI answers. How it maps to SEO, GEO, AEO, and LLM SEO — with a surface-by-surface map.
Read the guideAI visibility definition: how mention, citation, and recommendation differ as three levels of visibility in AI answers — and how citation rate measures it.
Read the guideAn AI visibility score measures how often AI assistants mention or cite your brand. Definition, the manual citation-rate formula, and what the score is not.
Read the guideAnswer engine optimization (AEO) structures content so AI Overviews and assistants extract and attribute a direct answer. What it covers, and what it isn't.
Read the guideGenerative engine optimization (GEO) makes a brand easy for AI systems to understand, trust, and cite. Definition, research data, and what GEO is not.
Read the guideLLM SEO explained: how language models pick sources, why OAI-SearchBot is not GPTBot, and how LLM SEO differs from classic SEO. With data and checklists.
Read the guideDental
Patients increasingly ask ChatGPT and Google AI for a dentist. AI visibility makes sure your practice is the answer. See how it works for dental practices.
Read the guideHealthcare
Choose one of 13 medical verticals and generate a fixed 24-question discovery and factual-accuracy monitoring set for one service.
Use the free toolAI SEO for doctors: how physicians get cited in ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews — and why it starts with the same foundation as classic SEO.
Read the guideFree visibility audit
Start with a free visibility audit of Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Gemini using public data.
Several locations, markets or languages can be included without a call. Prefer to discuss the scope? Book a 30-minute call We’ll tailor the audit at no cost.