Context Is King: Why Keyword-Led SEO and GEO Are Missing the Mark in the Age of AI

The WorkHacker Podcast - Agentic SEO, GEO, AEO, and AIO Workflow

For years, SEO revolved around keywords. The formula was simple: find the right phrase, place it strategically, and climb the rankings. More recently, a new idea called Generative Engine Optimization, or GEO, has started to make noise. The goal is to optimize for A-I answers in systems like Chat G-P-T, and Perplexity.

But here’s the catch. Both keyword-led SEO and early attempts at G-E-O share the same flaw. They prioritize words over context. And in a world where search engines and generative AI now- interpret meaning instead of just matching strings, context is the real king.

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