Knowledge Map
The 10 knowledge domains
The taxonomy backbone of the GEO body of knowledge. Every lesson, article and term maps to one domain — and it doubles as the content tagging system.
D1
Foundations
- GEO definition & essence
- Four stages of search evolution
- SEO / AEO / GEO relationship
- Why GEO, why now
- The 7-step GEO flow & funnel
D2
AI Search Ecosystem
- Four forces & ecosystem roles
- ChatGPT / Perplexity / Google AI
- Claude / Gemini / Copilot / Grok
- User behavior shift
D3
Metrics & Measurement
- AIGVR / AIGR visibility score
- Share-of-Model (SoM)
- Recall / citation / direct-quote
- Three-layer KPI: visibility→traffic→revenue
- L4 Agentic transaction layer
D4
Content Engineering
- Five content asset types
- Answer-First structure
- Six-element citation framework
- Four layers of semantic optimization
- Six layers of authority (E-E-A-T)
- Multimodal semantics · iteration SOP
D5
Entity & Schema
- Entities: attributes + relations
- Brand knowledge-graph modeling
- @id / sameAs / mainEntityOfPage
- Schema.org suite & JSON-LD
- External authority evidence
- Entity audit & diagnosis loop
D6
Technical & Crawler Governance
- Six dimensions of technical health
- robots.txt / llms.txt / agents.md
- Four visitor-type model
- AI crawler list & UA identification
- Render & crawl quality (SSR/CWV)
- Markdown for Agents · troubleshooting
D7
Sources & Community
- Five sources of AI brand knowledge
- Five questions of source engineering
- Three-tier sources & PR targeting
- Reddit roles & the trust flywheel
- Brand-equity compounding
- Homepage as AI landing page
D8
Agentic Commerce
- Agentic Commerce definition
- Five gates of agentic revenue
- Shelf vs answer double matrix
- Product-card six elements · Share-of-Card
- ACP / UCP / Shopify Catalog
- Instant Checkout · channel leakage
D9
GEM (Paid)
- Two marketplaces: research vs memory
- Five-type advertiser map
- Auction density & battlefield choice
- Intent ad-rate ladder
- Three shelf types · six-stage SOP
D10
Attribution & Business
- Attribution black holes
- Dual-track attribution architecture
- GA4 GEO tracking SOP
- Shopify attribution · ChatGPT link shift
- Four data-quality pitfalls
- Four questions of AI-era growth