Does an AI Press Release Help or Hurt SEO? Our Tracking Data
SEO is largely moot here. The sponsored link passes no authority, but AI engines quote releases fast, and that is where small brands can still compete for attention.
Small Business Press Release Distribution: Wires or AI?
In 2026 the reader of a press release has changed. In a month of tracking, AI crawlers fetched our newsroom 3,659 times and people viewed it 412 times. Here is how I would distribute one.
Perplexity Cited a Pressonify Release for 'Construction API Ireland'
On a non-branded category query, Perplexity answered with the PlanningLeads API and cited the Pressonify-hosted launch release as source [2], alongside planningleads.ie's own API, home and pricing pages.
The Search Queries Only AI Agents Type (And Why 0 Clicks Is the Win)
Humans don't type '"pr newswire" "$805" "400 words"' or append -site:reddit.com to searches. AI agents do. Our GSC data shows 50+ such queries ranking top-3 with zero clicks, first-party evidence of how AI research actually works.
How to Get Cited by Google Gemini in 2026: The Mention Engine
Gemini hit 900M monthly users, but it links sources in barely a fifth of brand appearances, so winning here means winning mentions. Here's what Google actually documents, and what the citation data shows.
How to Get Cited by ChatGPT Search in 2026: The Documented Playbook
ChatGPT reached 900M weekly users and its in-answer brand links tripled referral traffic in May 2026. OpenAI documents exactly one visibility lever. Here's the verified playbook, and the 'it's just Bing' myth, corrected.
How to Get Cited by Perplexity in 2026
Perplexity is the most SEO-like AI engine: 28.6% of its citations rank in Google's top 10, the highest of any AI platform. Here's exactly how it sources answers and the documented steps to get your brand cited.
Shopify Agentic Storefronts: Why You Still Need PR
Shopify just endorsed the Citation Economy. Catalog will push structured product data to AI channels, but it won't generate the brand stories AI engines actually cite. That gap is exactly where press releases win.
How Perplexity Recommended PlantGift Over Interflora
Two incognito Perplexity probes on different devices returned PlantGift's owned page AND a Pressonify press release as the top two cited sources for 'free plant gift delivery Europe', with active recommendation language disqualifying competitors.
Best AI Search Engines 2026: Accuracy Compared
ChatGPT has the widest reach at 77.97% of AI referral traffic; Perplexity has the lowest error rate at 37%. This is the 2026 comparison of the six AI search engines on where each one pulls its sources from, how often it gets them wrong, and what that means for getting your content cited.
Robots.txt for AI Crawlers: Copy-Paste GPTBot & ClaudeBot Configs (2026)
AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot are visiting your site. Your robots.txt determines whether they can index your content for AI search results. Here's how to configure it correctly in 2026.
Microsoft Validates Citation Economy: AEO/GEO Guide
Microsoft just published an official guide validating Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO). This confirms the Citation Economy thesis.