Comment by theorchid
20 days ago
This is especially important when launching new SaaS projects. Google does not trust new domains for the first 6-12 months. But if you publish information about your project on other sites, the AI will recommend your site in its responses. Just post a few times on Reddit, and in a week, GPT will be giving out links to your SaaS product. AI doesn't need exact low-frequency or high-frequency keywords like SEO does. AI is good at understanding user queries and giving out the right SaaS that solves the user's problem. You don't need to create a blog on your website and try to rank it in search engines. It is enough to post articles on other websites with information about your project.
This matches a lot of what I’ve been seeing too.
What stood out to me is that AI seems far less concerned with domain age than Google is. If there’s enough contextual discussion around a product (ie. Reddit threads, blog posts, docs, comparisons) then AI models seem willing to surface it surprisingly early.
That said, what I’m still trying to understand is consistency. I’ve seen cases where a product gets recommended heavily for a week, then effectively disappears unless that external context keeps getting reinforced.
So it feels less like “rank once and you’re good” (SEO) and more like “stay present in the conversation.” Almost closer to reputation management than classic content marketing.
Curious if you’ve seen the same thing, especially around how long external mentions keep influencing AI recommendations before they decay.