In this talk, Braden will highlight the technical elements that people should look out for when trying to rank for Google's AI overview, as well as other AI models such as ChatGPT.
Winning in AI search using technical SEO
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brightonSEO Track 2, Seaport Ballroom and Foyer (enter via Harbour Tower) Manchester Grand Hyatt, 1 Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101, United States of America
Wed 24 Sep, 2025 | 01:40 PM
How to increase your brand’s visibility in AI: proven tactics to reassure your CMO
Yep, we’re tackling the elephant in the room: Is your brand even visible in AI? How do we influence what AI says about us? How do we get recommended over our competitors?
We’ll start with the big question: How do we even measure AI visibility?
Do we need to analyze log files? Are there technical factors we should be considering? As chat-based search and AI-generated answers reshape how people discover information, CMOs everywhere are asking: “What are we doing to win in AI?”
We scoured the web for every tactic being discussed—then tested them to find out what actually works.
In this session, we’ll break down how to optimize your content for tools like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.
We’ll cover the role of digital PR, brand mentions, citations, knowledge graph optimization, as well as the impact of being included in “Best X” listicles.
You’ll leave with proven tactics to boost brand visibility, analytical considerations to measure performance, and the confidence to reassure even the most skeptical CMO that you've got this!
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brightonSEO Track 2, Seaport Ballroom and Foyer (enter via Harbour Tower) Manchester Grand Hyatt, 1 Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101, United States of America
Wed 24 Sep, 2025 | 01:40 PM
What drives visibility in LLM-powered search across the united states? Key ranking factors from the exclusive SE Ranking study, backed by two years of historical data.
Unveiled exclusively at brightonSEO San Diego 2025, SE Ranking’s latest study reveals what drives visibility in LLM-powered search across the United States.
Drawing on two years of historical data, this new study decodes the ranking signals behind citations in AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and AI Mode. It analyses over 1 million keywords and more than 50 on-page and off-page factors, offering the first in-depth look at content structure and its role in LLM-driven visibility. The study also explores regional patterns across the U.S., highlighting how AI search behaviour varies by state.
Bridging traditional SEO with the emerging AI search, the findings provide clear, data-backed strategies to win visibility in this new search landscape.
About this session
brightonSEO Track 2, Seaport Ballroom and Foyer (enter via Harbour Tower) Manchester Grand Hyatt, 1 Market Place, San Diego, CA 92101, United States of America
Wed 24 Sep, 2025 | 01:40 PM