Course record, checked 2026-09-16
The AI Search Manual: AI SEO course record
The AI Search Manual is a document or guide AI SEO program from iPullRank, priced at free as of September 16, 2026. Its public curriculum names GEO, teaches LLM citation training and teaches AI visibility measurement.
- Provider
- iPullRank
- Instructor
- Michael King, with Fajr Muhammad, Garrett Sussman, Francine Monahan, Annie Cushing, John Iwuozor
- Price
- Free. Free (no price, paywall or purchase button; optional email delivery signup) Provider-stated
- Format
- Document or guide: 24-chapter web manual plus appendices, also delivered as an email series
- Level
- Not stated
- Modules
- 24
- Update model
- Ongoing
- Names ChatGPT
- Yes
- Status
- Live
- Official page
- https://ipullrank.com/ai-search-manual
- Checked
- September 16, 2026 Observed
What The AI Search Manual teaches
| Attribute | Recorded | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| GEO | Yes | public curriculum explicitly names Generative Engine Optimization or generative search visibility |
| AEO | No | public curriculum explicitly names Answer Engine Optimization |
| LLM citation training | Yes | public curriculum explicitly teaches earning, influencing or measuring citations, mentions or recommendations inside AI-generated answers |
| Entity SEO | Yes | public curriculum explicitly names entities, entity optimization or knowledge graphs |
| AI visibility measurement | Yes | public curriculum explicitly teaches measuring or tracking AI visibility, mentions, citations, share of answer or prompts |
| Traditional SEO | No | public curriculum also covers conventional SEO (keyword research, on-page, technical, links) |
| Link and mention acquisition | No | public curriculum covers link or mention acquisition |
| Community | No | |
| Live support | No | |
| Certificate | No |
Evidence for this record
Chapter titles are built around GEO (a GEO core chapter, a GEO analytics chapter on tracking AI search visibility, and query and entity attribution for GEO). Chapter 9 says generative engines often cite content and names AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity. Chapter 13 covers citation flags, share of voice and log-file bot tracking; chapter 14 argues entities matter more than keywords. Appendices include a citation tracker spreadsheet; a change log shows a February 2026 update adding four chapters. No AEO wording, no keyword or link-building modules, no community or certificate.
Paraphrased from the public page on September 16, 2026. Yes means the provider's page names the subject; No means the page describes the curriculum without naming it; Unverified means the page does not describe the curriculum in enough detail to say.
How this record is used
This record is one of 27 in the 2026 AI SEO course comparison. It contributes to the GEO, AEO, citation, measurement, pricing and format findings only where its value is Yes or No; Unverified values are excluded from that denominator. See the study's the 2026 AI SEO course comparison for the aggregate figures.
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