Reverse AI Search Optimization: brands you just bought from vanish from ChatGPT recommendations
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-10-08
harpreetchatha found a counterintuitive pattern: after you recently purchased from a brand, ChatGPT may not recommend that brand at all when someone asks for similar products. Even framing the purchase as a Black Friday buy, the AI still skips the user's frequent brand. He asks how a brand like adidas could optimize for this, concluding none of the popular AEO or SEO tactics will work.
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