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May 2026

What Is an ARO Score, and Why Does It Matter More Than Your Google Ranking?

Your Google ranking tells you where you show up in a list. Your ARO Score tells you whether AI actually recommends you when a buyer asks. Those are different questions with very different answers. Here's what the score measures, how it's calculated, and why the number matters.

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May 2026

AI SEO vs ARO: Getting Mentioned Is Not Getting Recommended

The market has landed on "AI SEO" as the term. It's fine as a search term. It's less fine as a strategy, because most of what's sold under that label measures whether you got mentioned. ARO measures whether you got chosen. There's a gap between those two things, and it's where most businesses are quietly losing buyers.

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