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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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AI Visibility Index 2027: BackTier Rankings

Which brands, categories, and cities the models actually name.

Jason Todd Wade

July 27, 2026 · 20 min read

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2026 Edition

10 articles

Brand Entity Clarity: AI Visibility Foundation

Why models need one resolvable identity before they will ever name you.

Jason Todd Wade

August 4, 2026 · 2 min read

Brand Invisibility Crisis in AI Search 2026

The cost of being absent from the answers your buyers now read first.

Jason Todd Wade

May 26, 2026 · 6 min read

Perplexity SEO: Cited as Primary Source 2026

What Perplexity rewards, and how to become the source it opens with.

Jason Todd Wade

May 11, 2026 · 7 min read

B2B SaaS: AI-Invisible to Category Leader 2026

A ninety-day rebuild of one SaaS company's entity and schema architecture.

Jason Todd Wade

April 20, 2026 · 15 min read

Entity Authority: The Foundation of AI Visibility

How authority accrues to a named entity rather than to a URL.

Jason Todd Wade

April 6, 2026 · 8 min read

Answer Engine Optimization: The Complete 2026 Playbook

How to structure pages so an answer engine can lift them cleanly.

Jason Todd Wade

February 20, 2026 · 14 min read

Google AI Overviews Technical Guide 2026

The technical requirements behind appearing in Google's generated overviews.

Jason Todd Wade

February 10, 2026 · 11 min read

EEAT in the Age of AI: Expertise Signals 2026

Which expertise signals survive the jump from ranking systems to language models.

Jason Todd Wade

January 28, 2026 · 9 min read

AI Visibility Stack: 6 Layers for Brands 2026

Six capability layers, in the order we build them for clients.

Jason Todd Wade

January 15, 2026 · 12 min read

AI-Era SEO: Optimize for Search & AI Models 2026

What carries over from classic SEO, and what quietly stopped working.

Jason Todd Wade

January 5, 2026 · 10 min read

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