{"product_id":"generative-engine-optimization-geo-michael-jacobs-9798185335420","title":"Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): The SEO Practitioner's Playbook for Ranking in AI Search","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSearch engine optimization has changed. Rankings alone no longer guarantee visibility. AI-generated answers are now appearing above the first organic result, and the pages being cited inside those answers are winning traffic that traditional SEO cannot capture.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor experienced SEO practitioners, content teams, and agency professionals, this is the definitive guide to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), the discipline of optimizing content to be cited by AI search systems including Google AI Overviews, Perplexity, and ChatGPT search.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a beginner's guide to SEO. It assumes you already know how search works. What it covers is what has changed, why it matters, and exactly what to do about it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat You Will Learn\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe retrieval-augmented generation pipeline that determines which pages AI systems cite, and why ranking #1 no longer guarantees you are in it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe technical prerequisites that make content visible to AI crawlers before content quality even enters the picture: robots.txt configuration, JavaScript rendering, schema markup, and content architecture built for passage extraction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy genuine human expertise is now a measurable technical advantage in AI citation, not just a quality preference, and what that means for content production workflows that rely heavily on AI generation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to build entity authority at the domain level so AI systems recognize your site as a citable source across an entire topic cluster, not just on individual pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA complete GEO content strategy framework: how to identify citation opportunities, how to scope and write content for each query intent type, and how to maintain citation quality through an editorial process that scales.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow to measure AI citation performance when standard analytics miss it, how to diagnose specific failure points, how to monitor competitors in the citation landscape, and how to report GEO results to clients and leadership in terms that connect to business outcomes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWho This Book Is For\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is written for practitioners who manage SEO at a professional level: in-house SEO managers, agency practitioners, content strategists, and freelance SEOs working with clients in competitive categories. If you have been doing SEO for years and need a clear framework for the AI search transition, this book was written for you.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat Is Included\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSix full chapters covering the complete GEO system from technical foundations to measurement. Chapter-end action checklists you can apply immediately. A full tools reference appendix covering every tool mentioned in the book organized by use case.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe practitioners who build GEO foundations now will hold ground that others will spend years trying to recover.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael Jacobs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798185335420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/02\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.39lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.29d","brand":"Michael Jacobs","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174185476351,"sku":"9798185335420","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_38874cc7-58d9-46b2-8b9c-b57dbcace397.jpg?v=1788958217","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/generative-engine-optimization-geo-michael-jacobs-9798185335420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}