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The QueryWin handbook
Everything we know about ranking on Google and getting recommended by AI, in the order you should learn it.
- Level 1
Foundations
Start here if you have never done SEO or GEO.
- 1How to check if AI can read your site (in one command)To check if AI can read your site, send one request per AI crawler and read the status code. Here is the command, the twelve crawlers worth testing, and the two you cannot test at all.
- 2robots.txt for AI crawlers: the rule that breaks most filesA robots.txt for AI crawlers names each crawler and states what it may fetch. Most files break on one rule: a named group and User-agent: * are never combined.
- 3When your CDN is blocking AI crawlers and your robots.txt is notIf your CDN is blocking AI crawlers, one response header tells you which vendor to go to. Here is how to read it, what eleven live sites returned, and where each platform hides the control.
- 4Striking distance keywords: the Search Console filter and what to fix firstStriking distance keywords are search terms where you already rank 5 to 15. Here is the exact Search Console filter that lists yours, and the rule for which one to fix first.
- 5What makes content citable by AI: the extract test and seven fixesWhat makes content citable by AI is whether one passage can be lifted out and still be true on its own. Here is the test, seven fixes ordered by effect, and the same claim written twice.
- 6Record your baseline before you change anythingRecord your baseline before you change anything, or the 14 day check has nothing to compare against. Five things to save, one command, and where to put them.
- 7A rewrite worksheet for one page: eight edits, three things not to touchA rewrite worksheet for one page: forty minutes, eight ordered edits, and three things that must not change. Includes what Google says about editing dates.
- 8Get your page indexed faster: sitemap, Search Console, IndexNowTo get your page indexed faster, do three things in order after publishing, then verify at 48 hours. None of them force indexing, and Google says so in writing.
- 9Did it work? The 14 day check, and what each result meansFourteen days after publishing, compare the same four numbers against your baseline. Three outcomes, three different next moves, and what this check cannot tell you.
- Level 2
Practice
Step-by-step playbooks you can run today.
- 1Can AI crawl JavaScript? How to check what the crawler actually gotCan AI crawl JavaScript? Mostly not — which is why a page can return 200 and still say nothing. Here is the one command that shows what the crawler received, and three fixes with their costs.
- 2llms.txt: what it is, a template, and what it cannot doAn llms.txt lists your most useful pages so an agent can find them without crawling everything. Here is the format, a template, who actually publishes one, and the five things it does not do.
- 3Schema markup for AI search: which types are still liveSchema markup for AI search is worth adding, but two of the most-recommended types no longer produce rich results. Here is what Google still supports, four blocks to paste, and the policy line that gets sites penalised.