After Looking at Hundreds of Startups, the Biggest Difference Between Those Ranked by AI and Those That Aren't Is Surprisingly Simple. I will not promote

I've been working on GEO and SEO for startups over the past year, and one pattern keeps showing up. The startups that consistently appear in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and other AI-generated answers aren't necessarily the ones with the best SEO. In many cases, they're not even the companies publishing the most content. What they do have is a lot more mentions across the web. They're mentioned in industry blogs, comparison articles, newsletters, Reddit discussions, customer reviews, podcasts, and other thi