Indie and Small Sites Are Invisible in AI-Powered Search
Independent websites and small projects are losing discoverability as AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini) favor established brands and crawled datasets. No clear mechanism exists for small creators to ensure their content surfaces in AI-generated answers, threatening the long-tail web ecosystem.
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