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Deep dives, frameworks, and battle-tested strategies on GEO, AEO, AIO, and the full stack of AI-era search optimization. Written by Jason Todd Wade, Founder of Back Tier and author of the 2026 best-selling book series AiVisibility - available on Amazon, Audible, and Spotify. Trusted by brands in New York, San Francisco, Austin, Miami, Chicago, London, Dubai, and Singapore.

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Research

The AI Visibility Index: How BackTier Ranks Brands, Categories, and Geographies Inside Generative AI

The AI Visibility Index is BackTier's annual benchmark of which brands, categories, and geographies are most cited, retrieved, and coherently represented across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, and Grok. This is the definitive reference on the Index — its methodology, scoring, and role as the market's standard measure of AI visibility.

Jason Todd Wade

March 15, 2027 · 20 min read

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GEO

Entity Authority: The Foundation of AI Visibility

AI models understand the world through entities - named concepts, organizations, people, and products. A brand with strong entity authority is one that AI models have encountered repeatedly, in high-quality contexts, across authoritative sources. Here's how to build it.

Jason Todd Wade

December 20, 2026 · 8 min read

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Case Studies

How a B2B SaaS Company Went from AI-Invisible to Category Leader in 90 Days

A detailed breakdown of how we rebuilt a B2B SaaS company's entity architecture, implemented comprehensive schema markup, and developed an EEAT content program that drove a 340% increase in AI citation frequency in 90 days.

Jason Todd Wade

December 10, 2026 · 15 min read

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AEO

Perplexity SEO: How to Get Your Brand Cited as a Primary Source

Perplexity is the fastest-growing AI search platform and one of the most valuable citation surfaces for brands. Here's the systematic approach to becoming a Perplexity primary source for your category's most important queries.

Jason Todd Wade

November 30, 2026 · 7 min read

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AI Strategy

The Brand Invisibility Crisis: Why Most Brands Are Disappearing from AI Search

As AI models replace traditional search for millions of queries, brands that haven't invested in AI visibility are becoming invisible to their target audiences. The data on how fast this is happening - and what to do about it - is alarming.

Jason Todd Wade

November 18, 2026 · 6 min read

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AI Visibility

Brand Entity Clarity: The Unseen Foundation of AI Visibility

Before a model can cite you, it has to know who you are. Brand entity clarity — a single, consistent, machine-resolvable identity — is the foundation every other AI visibility tactic sits on.

Jason Todd Wade

August 4, 2026 · 2 min read

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AEO

Answer Engine Optimization: The Complete 2026 Playbook

Search engines are becoming answer engines. ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are capturing the queries that used to drive your organic traffic. Here's the systematic framework for winning in answer-first search.

Jason Todd Wade

February 20, 2026 · 14 min read

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AIO

How to Get Featured in Google AI Overviews: A Technical Guide

Google AI Overviews now appear for the majority of queries. Most brands have no systematic strategy for capturing them. This technical guide covers the exact steps - schema markup, EEAT signals, content architecture - that determine AI Overview selection.

Jason Todd Wade

February 10, 2026 · 11 min read

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EEAT

EEAT in the Age of AI: Why Expertise Signals Are Now Selection Criteria

Google's EEAT framework was always important. In the AI era, it has become the primary filter that determines whether AI models cite your content or your competitor's. Here's how to build EEAT signals that AI systems can actually read.

Jason Todd Wade

January 28, 2026 · 9 min read

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AI Strategy

The AI Visibility Stack: 6 Layers Every Brand Needs to Build

AI visibility is not a single tactic - it's a stack of interconnected capabilities. Entity authority, structured data, EEAT content, citation networks, knowledge graph presence, and AI-legible architecture. Here's how they fit together.

Jason Todd Wade

January 15, 2026 · 12 min read

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SEO

AI-Era SEO: How to Optimize for Both Traditional Search and AI Models

Traditional SEO is not dead - but it has fundamentally changed. The content and authority signals that drive rankings are now evaluated by AI systems. Here's how to build an SEO program that performs across both surfaces simultaneously.

Jason Todd Wade

January 5, 2026 · 10 min read

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