What affects AI recommendations

AI models don't pick brands at random. Recommendation strength is driven by a combination of authority, content, and category context.

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The main drivers

• Authority — third-party signals, citations, and presence in trusted sources
• Clarity of positioning — how unambiguously your brand is described online
• Category fit — whether your brand consistently appears in the right context
• Content depth — substantive material that addresses real buyer questions
• Freshness — recent, structured content that AI training and retrieval prefer

What does NOT move the needle

• Stuffing pages with brand mentions
• Thin pages targeting AI keywords without substance
• One-off PR mentions without category alignment