The Field Notes
Notes from inside
the engine.
On presence, closed-loop systems, and the geometry of attention.
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AI visibility
Why I can't promise you an AI ranking and why I think that's the honest place to stand
The honest case against guaranteed AI visibility outcomes. Why CLEO measures what the engines actually do, daily, instead of promising a ranking that was never ours to control.
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AI visibility
I built an AI tool before I'd ever used social media. Then I understood why it mattered.
Citation is infrastructure; recommendation is reputation. Why a brand can be perfectly citable and still never recommended - and why the order of the work decides whether the lift ever arrives.
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AI citations
Fifteen websites decide what AI says about you
In May 2026, one index of more than 680 million AI citations found that fifteen domains account for 68% of them. On AI's narrow trust list, and the discipline it now asks of a brand. The first of three field notes from building CLEO.
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unified brand presence dashboard
Unified Brand Presence Dashboard: The Enterprise Guide for 2026
Enterprise teams need one dashboard for search, AI overviews, and social visibility. This guide compares unified approaches and shows how CLEO's Presence Engine eliminates data silos.
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zero-click traffic
Zero-Click Traffic and AI Answer Displacement: What Marketing Teams Should Do
Organic impressions are up but clicks are down. AI answers are displacing traffic. Here is how marketing teams can reclaim brand visibility through GEO and social presence.
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AI search visibility diagnostics
AI Search Visibility Diagnostic Tools for B2B Brands
Guide to AI search visibility diagnostic tools for B2B brands: what diagnostics exist, what they measure, and how to evaluate AI presence.
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brand narrative AI
Brand Narrative Control When AI Leaves You Out
AI assistants summarise your industry and leave your brand out. Regain narrative control through structured content and entity presence.
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AI answer tools
Tools for Brand Presence in ChatGPT and Perplexity
Guide to tools that help brands appear in ChatGPT and Perplexity answers, covering categories, capabilities, and choosing the right approach.
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brand presence ROI
Measuring ROI from a Brand Presence Platform
How to measure ROI from brand presence platforms: attribution frameworks, compounding visibility, and whether presence translates to pipeline.