Make your business easy to find, check and quote. Keep pages indexable and let AI crawlers like OAI-SearchBot in. Answer the customer's question in the first lines of each section, describe yourself the same way everywhere, use schema that matches the page, and get mentioned on reputable sites.
What Google needs
Google says AI Overviews have no special technical requirements. The page has to be indexed and eligible to show a snippet. So it's normal SEO. Crawlable pages, useful text that isn't hidden in images or scripts, and a good experience.
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ChatGPT search uses OpenAI's crawler, OAI-SearchBot, so don't block it in robots.txt. Pages that answer the question outright, state facts plainly and agree with other trusted sources are easier to quote.
Where I'd start
Check crawl access and indexing. Write one page per important customer question with the answer at the top. Add an entity statement and matching Person or Organization, FAQPage and Article schema. Keep your details consistent on every profile. Then check monthly.
Questions
Can I pay to be cited by ChatGPT?
No. Citations come from what it retrieves and trusts.
How long does it take?
It depends on how often your pages get crawled. I usually see changes over weeks to months.
Does llms.txt get me cited?
It's a cheap, harmless signal. No major assistant has said it uses it for ranking, so don't rely on it alone.
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Written by Mohamed Habib
I'm a certified Webflow Expert in Manila. I spent four years as a marketing coordinator in Saudi Arabia, earned a BSBA in Marketing Management with University Honors, and worked as a web developer at Headspace shipping about five pages a day. Now I build websites for clients directly.