Large language models were trained on the web. The pages they learned from were, in large part, pages that ranked well. Technical authority, structured data, content depth - these remain the signals that make a source trustworthy to both search engines and AI systems. Strong SEO is a prerequisite for AI search visibility, not an alternative to it.
We’ve been doing this for decades, through every major shift from Panda and Penguin to mobile-first indexing and the helpful content era. We apply the same discipline to SEO as we do to AI-driven search, because both are driven by the same underlying principles.