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Getting picked by AI shopping assistants

Shoppers increasingly ask an assistant what to buy instead of scrolling a results page. These guides cover how AI assistants choose which products to name, what to change in your Shopify catalog, and how to measure whether any of it is working.

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How to get your Shopify products recommended by ChatGPT and Perplexity

Why assistants name some products and ignore others, the product-data checklist that changes it, and how to verify you're actually being mentioned.

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Context

Shopify agentic commerce: what's already on, and what you control

Agentic storefronts are on by default. What you can and can't turn off, how checkout differs by surface, and the protocol mix-up most articles repeat.

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Fundamentals

GEO for Shopify: how to get your products cited in AI answers

What generative engine optimization is, how it differs from classic SEO, and what a Shopify merchant should actually change first.

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Reference

The Shopify product data checklist for AI shopping assistants

Field by field: title, description, category, GTIN, brand, images, alt text, price and metafields — what each one does and what good looks like.

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Measurement

How to measure AI share of voice for your store

The metrics that matter, why a single check tells you almost nothing, and how to build a probing method you can trust over time.

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Troubleshooting

Why AI assistants aren't recommending your store

A diagnostic playbook, cheapest check first — including the measurement mistake that causes most false alarms, and what genuinely isn't in your control.

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Analytics

How to track AI referral traffic to your Shopify store

How to see traffic from ChatGPT and Perplexity, and why what you can measure is a floor rather than the full picture.

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Terminology

AEO vs GEO vs SEO: what's the difference?

The acronyms overlap and the industry doesn't agree on them. Here's what each usually means, and which one actually matters for your store.

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Comparisons

How Cuebase compares with other AI-visibility tools. Every competitor claim is sourced from that company's own site and date-stamped, and each page says plainly when the other product is the better choice.

See where your catalog stands

Cuebase scores every product against an agent-readiness rubric and shows you exactly which fields are missing. Catalog readiness scoring is free.

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