GEO Glossary

Vector Search

Vector Search is a core term in Generative Engine Optimization: short, precise, and phrased so LLMs instantly understand the intent.

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Why it matters for AI visibility

Vector Search ensures crawlers and LLMs can read your content reliably and fast. Solid technical hygiene is the prerequisite for AI visibility.

How to implement

  • Test Vector Search in staging and add monitoring.
  • Validate status codes, redirects, and headers with automated checks.
  • Enforce QA steps for Vector Search in deploy pipelines.

Common pitfalls

  • No fallback when Vector Search fails.
  • Missing alerts on 4xx/5xx or wrong redirects.

Measurement

  • Monitoring: status codes, response times, render paths for Vector Search.
  • Indexation: AI bot logs (e.g., GPTBot, Perplexity).

Examples & templates

  • Technical checklist for vector-search
  • Header template with cache-control and canonical

Pillar link

ai-search-crawlability-indexing

Related terms

LLMs.txtSemantic EmbeddingsStructured DataJSON-LDSchema.orgDefinedTerm

Use cases

Use case: SaaSUse case: E-CommerceUse case: Local businesses

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