This episode is part of the AI Summary series covering the AI Search Manual chapter by chapter. Chapter 16 looks at what it takes to evolve from a traditional SEO team into a GEO team built for AI-driven search.

The discussion explores how core SEO assumptions—rankings drive revenue, more pages equal more traffic, keyword stuffing wins—are breaking down as AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and other platforms synthesize answers without sending users to your site. To stay visible, teams need new roles like Relevance Engineers, Retrieval Analysts, and AI Strategists who can connect technical infrastructure with AI-first discovery.

We also get into the essential skills for GEO success, from understanding NLP and embeddings to building content for machine consumption, testing with prompt engineering, and managing knowledge graphs. The episode highlights how organizations can design future-ready teams that think in systems, not just pages, and why a cultural shift toward experimentation and engineering is now critical.

Read the full chapter at ipullrank.com/ai-search-manual