Context: I run an AI chatbot SaaS (SiteSpeakAI). Over the last few weeks I went down the rabbit hole of why ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity recommend some tools in my category and never mention others. I pulled our crawler/server logs and tracked which AI prompts actually name us. Sharing the honest version since I keep seeing AEO/GEO questions here. The thing that surprised me most: the biggest lever is off your own site. We showed up fine when someone asked "my brand vs competitor",...