Insights & Strategy

The Renown Blog

AI is talking about you behind your back. We write about what it's saying.

AI Visibility

AEO vs GEO vs SEO

AI Visibility11 min

AEO vs GEO vs SEO: What's Actually Different

Three acronyms. Three different games. SEO gets you into Google. AEO gets you into ChatGPT. GEO is somewhere in between. Here's how they actually compare.

AI Visibility

AI Search Market Share

AI Visibility9 min

AI Search Market Share: Who's Actually Using What in 2026

Everyone talks about AI search. Few people know the actual numbers. Here's who's using what, how fast it's growing, and what it means for your brand.

AI Visibility

AI Visibility Tech Stack

AI Visibility12 min

The AI Visibility Tech Stack: Tools You Actually Need in 2026

The AI visibility tool market went from 3 players to 30 in a year. Here's an honest look at what's out there, who each tool is for, and what actually matters.

ChatGPT
AI Visibility

How ChatGPT Shopping Is Changing...

AI Visibility10 min

How ChatGPT Shopping Is Changing E-commerce

ChatGPT isn't just answering questions anymore. It's recommending products, comparing prices, and sending buyers straight to checkout. If you sell anything online, this matters.

AI Visibility

Complete Guide to Answer Engine...

AI Visibility14 min

The Complete Guide to Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

SEO got you into Google's top 10. AEO gets you into ChatGPT's answer. Different game. Different rules. Here's the playbook.

AI Visibility

Complete Guide to Generative Engine...

AI Visibility13 min

The Complete Guide to Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)

GEO focuses on how generative search engines rank and surface content. If AEO is the what, GEO is the how. Here's everything you need to know.

AI Visibility

Build an llms.txt File

AI Visibility10 min

How to Build an llms.txt File (With Examples)

robots.txt tells search engines what to crawl. llms.txt tells AI what to understand. Here's how to build one that actually works.

Google
AI Visibility

AI Overviews, AI Mode, and the Slow...

AI Visibility10 min

AI Overviews, AI Mode, and the Slow Death of the Click

58% of Google searches now end without a click. Some publishers have lost 97% of their traffic. The company that wrote the original contract of the internet is rewriting it.

Strategy

SEO Playbook Doesn't Work Here. What...

Strategy10 min

The SEO Playbook Doesn't Work Here. What Does?

The skills transfer. The playbook doesn't. Here's an honest accounting of what changes when the answers come from a language model instead of an index.

Building Renown in the Age of AI
Company7 min

Building Renown in the Age of AI

The era of ten blue links has ended. AI is forming opinions about your brand without you. Here's why we built Renown.

What Is AI Visibility, and Why Does It Matter Now?
AI Visibility9 min

What Is AI Visibility, and Why Does It Matter Now?

ChatGPT has 900 million weekly users. Perplexity handles 700 million queries a month. AI Overviews appear on half of Google searches. If your brand isn't in those answers, you're invisible to a growing share of your market.

Find out what AI thinks of your brand

Warning: may cause existential crisis.