[ { "name": "James Dooley", "slug": "james-dooley", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "borderline", "note": "Confirmed speaker at a live, in-person conference within 24 months, but the confirmed talk topic is lead generation, not explicitly AEO/GEO/LLM optimisation; a separate 'Best AEO Specialist 2026' award and GEO-themed podcast interviews exist but are not the same as a documented live AEO/GEO teaching session.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://themasterminders.com/pages/speakers", "what": "Speaker page: James Dooley live on stage 26 June 2026 at The Masterminders, Manchester; topic given as 'High-Converting Lead Gen Systems'", "date": "2026-06-26"}, {"url": "https://seomasterysummit.com/speakers/james-dooley", "what": "Listed as speaker at SEO Mastery Summit Saigon, 10-13 March 2026; topic listed as 'To Be Announced', no confirmed AEO/GEO subject", "date": "2026-03-10"}, {"url": "https://jamesdooleypodcast.transistor.fm/645", "what": "James Dooley's own podcast; recorded, not a live teaching event (pre-recorded interview format)", "date": "unknown"} ], "searches": [ "James Dooley SEO speaker AEO GEO workshop conference 2025 2026", "\"James Dooley\" \"Masterminders\" Manchester 2026 date event", "themasterminders.com speakers \"James Dooley\" topic AEO GEO AI search" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "Real, named person with a consistent public profile across his own sites and LinkedIn.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameszdooley/", "what": "LinkedIn profile, Manchester-based, 500+ connections, SEO/lead-gen tagline, consistent with public bio", "date": "n/a"}, {"url": "https://jamesdooley.com/", "what": "Own site, consistent name and bio", "date": "n/a"} ], "searches": ["James Dooley LinkedIn SEO consultant profile"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "no public evidence found as of 4 Oct 2026", "note": "No page found that publishes an original test, dataset or case study of how AI engines answer, with method and results, authored by Dooley. The 'King of AEO' claim itself is documented (by Edward Sturm, independently) as built on a paid press release and a disputed ceremony claim, not a measured test.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://edwardsturm.com/articles/king-of-aeo-seo-tactics/", "what": "Independent article stating Dooley 'spent $6 on a press release from AB Newswire' to seed the AI Overview claim; no original AI-answer dataset from Dooley himself is cited", "date": "2026-09-20"} ], "searches": [ "James Dooley original test case study AI answer engines ChatGPT citation data" ] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [ {"url": "https://themasterminders.com/pages/speakers", "event": "The Masterminders 2026, Manchester", "date": "2026-06-26", "format": "in-person conference talk", "attendees_if_public": "not stated"} ], "research_items": [], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://edwardsturm.com/articles/king-of-aeo-seo-tactics/", "outlet": "Edward Sturm (independent newsletter/blog)", "date": "2026-09-20", "editorial_or_press_release": "editorial"}, {"url": "https://www.openpr.com/news/4617987/james-dooley-named-king-of-aeo-at-industry-ceremony-in-leigh", "outlet": "openpr.com", "date": "2026-08-31", "editorial_or_press_release": "press_release"}, {"url": "https://www.openpr.com/news/4640452/james-dooley-named-king-of-aeo-and-founder-of-decision-engine", "outlet": "openpr.com", "date": "2026-09", "editorial_or_press_release": "press_release"}, {"url": "https://seodanmark.dk/seo/king-of-aeo-is-crowned-james-dooley/", "outlet": "SEO Danmark", "date": "2026", "editorial_or_press_release": "press_release", "note": "kingofaeo.wiki (per prior research) discloses 'much of the coverage is paid placement'"} ] }, { "name": "David Quaid", "slug": "david-quaid", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "borderline", "note": "Quaid regularly discusses AEO/GEO on his own podcast/YouTube show and as a podcast guest, but no public event page, recording or organiser confirmation of a live workshop, course or conference talk specifically on AEO/GEO/LLM optimisation was found; his own show appears to be a recorded interview series rather than a live teaching session.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6QEt2cOkyY", "what": "'Reframing your SEO Strategy in 2026: AEO vs GEO vs SEO' on his own YouTube show; format could not be confirmed as live vs pre-recorded from the page content retrieved", "date": "unknown"}, {"url": "https://fatrank.transistor.fm/people/david-g-quaid", "what": "Guest appearances on the FatRank podcast discussing SEO/AEO/GEO topics; recorded podcast, not a live event", "date": "unknown"} ], "searches": [ "David Quaid Primary Position AEO GEO workshop speaker conference", "\"David Quaid\" conference speaker SMX Pubcon BrightonSEO 2025 2026", "\"David Quaid\" webinar OR workshop OR \"live\" AEO GEO 2025 2026 taught" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "Real, named person, consistent across his own site, LinkedIn and agency pages; note several unrelated people share the name David Quaid on LinkedIn, so the specific profile (davidquaid.com's linked /in/davidquaid/) must be used.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidquaid/", "what": "LinkedIn profile 'David G Quaid - Primary Position SEO NYC', 7K followers, matches agency site bio", "date": "n/a"}, {"url": "https://davidquaidseo.com/", "what": "Own site, consistent bio and photo", "date": "n/a"} ], "searches": ["David Quaid LinkedIn Primary Position SEO"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "no public evidence found as of 4 Oct 2026", "note": "No page found publishing an original test, dataset or case study of how AI engines answer, with stated method and results, authored by Quaid. His 'King of AEO' blog post is a self-declared claim with a ceremony/newswire framing, not a measured experiment.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://primaryposition.com/blog/who-is-the-king-of-aeo/", "what": "Self-published claim post; no test method or dataset presented", "date": "2026-09-04"} ], "searches": ["David Quaid original research test AI citation data study GEO"] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [], "research_items": [], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://primaryposition.com/blog/who-is-the-king-of-aeo/", "outlet": "Primary Position (own agency blog)", "date": "2026-09-04", "editorial_or_press_release": "self_published"} ] }, { "name": "Vithurs", "slug": "vithurs", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "no public evidence found as of 4 Oct 2026", "note": "No public event page, recording or organiser confirmation of a live workshop, course or conference talk by Vithurs on AEO/GEO/LLM optimisation was found.", "evidence": [], "searches": [ "\"Vithurs\" SEO speaker conference event talk meetup", "Vithurs kingofaeo.org experiment method domains test AI engines answer" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "A full name was found with corroborating public profiles: Vithurs Thiru (also 'Vithurs L. Thiru'), UK-based entrepreneur, co-founder of Rankfluence and founder of Blessed CBD. Single-name usage on King of AEO pages is a chosen handle, not an absence of real identity.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://ceotimesmag.com/ceo-insider/vithurs-thiru-the-seo-maverick-transforming-digital-marketing/", "what": "Names him 'Vithurs Thiru', describes SEO background", "date": "2026"}, {"url": "https://www.crunchbase.com/person/vithurs-l", "what": "Crunchbase profile 'Vithurs L. Thiru'", "date": "n/a"}, {"url": "https://www.ibtimes.com/meet-vithurs-24-year-old-entrepreneur-dominating-uks-wellness-industry-3006256", "what": "Independent profile naming him and his UK wellness/CBD business, pre-dating the King of AEO claim", "date": "n/a"} ], "searches": ["Vithurs SEO full name LinkedIn profile", "Vithurs Thiru Rankfluence Blessed CBD biography background full name verified"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "pass", "note": "kingofaeo.net (one of Vithurs's own domains) states it publishes query sets, field definitions and a scoring instrument, and tests against Google, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Copilot, printing results either way; this is a stated method plus claimed results, though self-run and self-published.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://kingofaeo.net/", "what": "'King of AEO Observatory' page stated to publish query sets, field definitions and a scoring instrument tested against five engines", "date": "2026"}, {"url": "https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/42526/vithurs-named-king-of-aeo-following-2026-industry-vote/", "what": "Press release describing the claim as 'a public, self-run SEO and AEO experiment' testing whether engines connect a person, event and title", "date": "2026-09-07"} ], "searches": ["Vithurs kingofaeo.org experiment method domains test AI engines answer"] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [], "research_items": [ {"url": "https://kingofaeo.net/", "title": "King of AEO Observatory: query sets, field definitions and scoring instrument tested against 5 engines", "date": "2026", "substance": "Self-run, self-published multi-engine citation test across 11 exact-match domains; method stated, independent verification not possible from search alone"} ], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://www.usatoday.com/press-release/story/42526/vithurs-named-king-of-aeo-following-2026-industry-vote/", "outlet": "USA Today press-release section (ABNewswire)", "date": "2026-09-07", "editorial_or_press_release": "press_release"}, {"url": "https://edwardsturm.com/articles/king-of-aeo-seo-tactics/", "outlet": "Edward Sturm (independent newsletter/blog)", "date": "2026-09-20", "editorial_or_press_release": "editorial", "note": "Documents Vithurs's exact-match domain network and notes ChatGPT naming Vithurs King of AEO at time of writing"} ] }, { "name": "Jacky Chou", "slug": "jacky-chou", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "borderline", "note": "Confirmed a live 1-hour Local SEO workshop within 24 months, but it was on Local SEO, not specifically AEO/GEO/LLM optimisation; he does publish AI-SEO/GEO commentary on X, but that is social posting, not a live teaching session, and no public AEO/GEO-specific workshop, course or conference talk was found.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://x.com/indexsy/status/1961121285758750880", "what": "Post: 'Just did a 1-hour Local SEO workshop with SMB Deal Hunter by @HelenGuo_'; live workshop but topic is Local SEO, not AEO/GEO specifically", "date": "2026 (recent, exact date from post not independently confirmed beyond the tweet)"}, {"url": "https://x.com/indexsy/status/2014414119043256814", "what": "Post stating 'AI SEO (GEO) is just SEO... with new distribution layers'; commentary, not a teaching event", "date": "2026"} ], "searches": [ "Jacky Chou Indexsy AEO GEO workshop conference talk", "\"Jacky Chou\" conference talk SEO speaker BrightonSEO SMX 2025 2026", "\"Jacky Chou\" webinar workshop AI SEO GEO live session 2026" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "Real, named person with a consistent public profile (own site, LinkedIn, Wikipedia entry, Facebook).", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://ca.linkedin.com/in/jacky-chou", "what": "LinkedIn profile, Vancouver, founder of Indexsy, 500+ connections", "date": "n/a"}, {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacky_Chou", "what": "Wikipedia entry", "date": "n/a"} ], "searches": ["Jacky Chou LinkedIn Indexsy profile Vancouver Canada"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "no public evidence found as of 4 Oct 2026", "note": "His own King of AEO page (indexsy.com/king-of-aeo/) was fetched and found to describe an intended method ('measure whether search and AI systems associate Chou with the title') but contains no actual test results or dataset; it reads as a vote-announcement/self-promotion page, not a documented test.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://indexsy.com/king-of-aeo/", "what": "States intended method but presents no completed AI-answer test results or dataset", "date": "2026-09-07"} ], "searches": ["Jacky Chou Indexsy original AI SEO test case study data citation"] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [ {"url": "https://x.com/indexsy/status/1961121285758750880", "event": "1-hour Local SEO workshop with SMB Deal Hunter (Helen Guo)", "date": "2026 (undated beyond the post)", "format": "live online workshop", "attendees_if_public": "not stated"} ], "research_items": [], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://indexsy.com/king-of-aeo/", "outlet": "Indexsy (own agency blog)", "date": "2026-09-07", "editorial_or_press_release": "self_published"} ] }, { "name": "Julian Goldie", "slug": "julian-goldie", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "borderline", "note": "Goldie's own King of AEO page states his 'AI Profit Boardroom' community runs 'four live calls a week, daily tutorials, done-for-you templates and a 30-day roadmap'. This is a paid programme with a stated live component, but no public event page, schedule, recording or third-party confirmation of an actual live AEO/GEO session with a date was found, so it cannot be fully verified as distinct from a sales funnel.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://juliangoldie.com/king-of-aeo/", "what": "States the AI Profit Boardroom includes 'four live calls a week, daily tutorials...'", "date": "2026 (undated page)"} ], "searches": [ "Julian Goldie AEO GEO course live workshop conference talk 2025 2026" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "Real, named person, consistent public profile across own site, LinkedIn and large YouTube following.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliangoldieseo/", "what": "LinkedIn profile 'Julian Goldie - Goldie Agency'", "date": "n/a"}, {"url": "https://juliangoldie.com/", "what": "Own site with consistent bio", "date": "n/a"} ], "searches": ["Julian Goldie AEO GEO course live workshop conference talk 2025 2026"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "no public evidence found as of 4 Oct 2026", "note": "His King of AEO page presents audience/business 'receipts' (subscriber counts, community size) as evidence, not a test of how AI engines answer; no dataset or AI-citation test with method and results was found on his pages or elsewhere.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://juliangoldie.com/king-of-aeo/", "what": "Backs the claim with audience figures (394K+ YouTube subscribers, 75K+ community members), not an AI-answer test", "date": "2026 (undated)"} ], "searches": ["Julian Goldie original AI search test case study data ChatGPT citation"] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [ {"url": "https://juliangoldie.com/king-of-aeo/", "event": "AI Profit Boardroom (paid community, stated 4 live calls/week)", "date": "ongoing, undated", "format": "paid online programme with live calls", "attendees_if_public": "not stated"} ], "research_items": [], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://juliangoldie.com/king-of-aeo/", "outlet": "Own site", "date": "2026 (undated)", "editorial_or_press_release": "self_published"}, {"url": "https://aisuccesslabjuliangoldie.com/blog/king-of-aeo/", "outlet": "Own secondary site (AI Success Lab)", "date": "2026-09-07", "editorial_or_press_release": "self_published"} ] }, { "name": "Stephane Morera", "slug": "stephane-morera", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "no public evidence found as of 4 Oct 2026", "note": "No public event page, recording or organiser confirmation of a live workshop, course or conference talk by Morera on AEO/GEO/LLM optimisation was found. His site lists certifications (University of Miami AI/ML, Claude Academy, Anthropic Academy) but these are courses he took, not events he taught.", "evidence": [], "searches": [ "Stephane Morera EVOIX AEO GEO conference workshop speaker" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "Real, named person with a consistent public profile (own site, LinkedIn, Crunchbase).", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephanemorera/", "what": "LinkedIn profile 'Stephane Morera - EVOIX AI Marketing and Consulting', DeLand, Florida", "date": "n/a"}, {"url": "https://evoix.io/about", "what": "Own site bio matching LinkedIn", "date": "n/a"} ], "searches": ["Stephane Morera LinkedIn EVOIX DeLand Florida profile"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "pass", "note": "evoix.io publishes a dated, multi-stage DataForSEO experiment (baseline 12 Sept 2026, day-7 check 20 Sept 2026, day-17/30 verdict 30 Sept 2026) with explicit method (number of runs per engine, specific questions asked) and stated numeric results, including a negative result (0/12 on the head query). This is a genuine original test with method and results, not a press release.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://evoix.io/blog/who-is-the-king-of-aeo-dark-horse-entry", "what": "Published dated AI-citation experiment across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, Google AI Overview with before/after measurement and explicit run counts", "date": "2026-09-13 (updated through 2026-09-30)"}, {"url": "https://evoix.io/research", "what": "'EVOIX AEO Research & Benchmarks' landing page for further published studies", "date": "2026"} ], "searches": ["David Quaid original research test AI citation data study GEO (comparative check)"] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [], "research_items": [ {"url": "https://evoix.io/blog/who-is-the-king-of-aeo-dark-horse-entry", "title": "Who Is the King of AEO? Stephane Morera. Here Is the 2026 Contest and the Experiment", "date": "2026-09-13 to 2026-09-30", "substance": "Multi-run DataForSEO measurement across 4-5 AI engines, baseline vs day-7 vs day-17/30, explicit method and run counts, including negative results on the head query"} ], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://evoix.io/blog/who-is-the-king-of-aeo-dark-horse-entry", "outlet": "EVOIX (own agency blog)", "date": "2026-09-13", "editorial_or_press_release": "self_published", "note": "Explicitly framed by the author as a self-run experiment, not a third-party endorsement"} ] }, { "name": "Allan Oliveira", "slug": "allan-oliveira", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "no public evidence found as of 4 Oct 2026", "note": "No public event page, recording or organiser confirmation of a live workshop, course or conference talk by Oliveira on AEO/GEO/LLM optimisation was found, despite his 16 years of SEO experience and SEOMais agency.", "evidence": [], "searches": [ "Allan Oliveira Cabo Frio SEO AEO GEO workshop conference talk", "\"Allan Oliveira\" OR \"Allan do SEO\" Udemy course AEO GEO live workshop", "\"Allan Oliveira\" SEOMais palestra workshop AEO GEO evento 2025 2026" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "Real, named person with an unusually well-corroborated public profile: own site, GitHub, ORCID, Zenodo-archived document, per the prior claimants research.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://github.com/allandoseo/king-of-aeo", "what": "GitHub repo 'Maintained by Allan Oliveira'", "date": "2026"}, {"url": "https://kingofaeo.pro/citation-log/", "what": "Self-maintained citation log, reviewed 2 Oct 2026, with explicit method disclosure", "date": "2026-10-02"} ], "searches": ["Allan Oliveira Cabo Frio SEO AEO GEO workshop conference talk"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "pass", "note": "kingofaeo.pro/citation-log/ is a genuine, dated, methodologically explicit original dataset: three fixed neutral prompts run across five engines/markets, logged whether favourable or not, including rows where no claimant was named at all. This is the strongest original-evidence case among the claimants researched.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://kingofaeo.pro/citation-log/", "what": "Dated citation log across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overview, BR/pt-BR and US/en, with explicit prompts and method, reviewed 2 Oct 2026", "date": "2026-10-02"}, {"url": "https://kingofaeo.pro/", "what": "Main page's own evidence table distinguishing Public record / Self-reported / Syndicated / Observed, explicitly stating its own press release is syndication not independent coverage", "date": "2026-09-17 (updated 2026-10-02)"} ], "searches": ["Allan Oliveira SEOMais palestra workshop AEO GEO evento 2025 2026 (same search surfaced the GitHub repo and citation log)"] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [], "research_items": [ {"url": "https://kingofaeo.pro/citation-log/", "title": "King of AEO citation log", "date": "2026-10-02", "substance": "Weekly-updated, dated, multi-engine, multi-market citation log with explicit fixed prompts and honest negative/null results"} ], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://kingofaeo.pro/", "outlet": "Own site", "date": "2026-09-17", "editorial_or_press_release": "self_published"}, {"url": "https://kingofaeo.pro/", "outlet": "24 Sept 2026 press release (312 domains)", "date": "2026-09-24", "editorial_or_press_release": "press_release", "note": "Page itself discloses this is syndication ('312 numbers inside a span of 314... not 312 editorial decisions'), not independent coverage"} ] }, { "name": "Marc Moeller", "slug": "marc-moeller", "gates": { "entered": { "status": "not entered (entry form opens )", "note": "Entry form is not live yet; gate not researched per instruction." }, "educator": { "status": "pass", "note": "Two documented live sessions within 24 months: a confirmed GEO/AI LLM workshop at the Shenzhen SEO Conference 2026 (own speaker profile page on the conference's site), and an in-person monthly Perth SEO Meetup he organises since January 2026 whose stated format is live lightning talks on AI SEO/GEO. The meetup's content description is confirmed on marcmoeller.au, but the only specific dated session found by search is the upcoming 4 Nov 2026 one; evidence of a specific PAST meetup session (with its own event page) was not found, so the meetup portion alone would be borderline, but the Shenzhen workshop is independently confirmed and sufficient on its own.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://shenzhenseoconference.com/speakers/marc-moeller", "what": "Speaker profile confirming a workshop at the Shenzhen SEO Conference 2026 (14-18 Sept 2026) on AI search visibility for Chinese B2B and SaaS brands", "date": "2026-09-14 to 2026-09-18"}, {"url": "https://marcmoeller.au/perth-seo-meetup/", "what": "States the Perth SEO Meetup runs since January 2026 at Spacecubed, format '2-3 speakers giving lightning talks on AI SEO and GEO'; next listed session 4 Nov 2026", "date": "ongoing since 2026-01, next session 2026-11-04"} ], "searches": [ "Marc Moeller Perth SEO Meetup AEO GEO workshop", "Marc Moeller Perth SEO Meetup past event report photos January February March 2026", "meetup.com Perth SEO Meetup Marc Moeller group page" ] }, "identity": { "status": "pass", "note": "Real, named person with an extensively consistent public profile: own site, LinkedIn, X, YouTube, GitHub, Wikidata, ORCID, Crunchbase, IMDb, per /home/marc/Programming/12_Personal_Projects/MarcMoeller_KnowledgePanel/facts/marc_facts.json. Name is always rendered 'Marc Moeller' (never 'Möller') per that file's own rule.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcmoeller-seo/", "what": "LinkedIn profile 'Marc Moeller, International SEO Conference Speaker & Book Author'", "date": "n/a"}, {"url": "https://marcmoeller.au/", "what": "Own site, consistent identity", "date": "n/a"} ], "searches": ["Marc Moeller Perth SEO Meetup AEO GEO workshop"] }, "original_evidence": { "status": "borderline", "note": "marcmoeller.au/king-of-aeo/ publishes a Round 0 baseline measurement (128 AI answers from six engines across US/UK/AU, with per-market metrics for 'First named', 'Mentioned', 'Engines', 'Google top 10'). This is a published test of how AI engines answer, with stated scale and metrics, but the page does not publish the underlying method (exact prompts), raw engine responses, or an independent audit trail at the URL checked, and the page itself discloses that Marc's own team built and runs the measurement, i.e. it is not independent of the claimant.", "evidence": [ {"url": "https://marcmoeller.au/king-of-aeo/", "what": "Round 0 baseline: 128 AI answers from six engines across US/UK/AU, Marc scored 0.0; page discloses 'Marc's team built and hosts the competition pages and runs the measurements'", "date": "2026-10-04"} ], "searches": ["Marc Moeller Perth SEO Meetup AEO GEO workshop"] } }, "eligible_if_entered": "borderline", "education_items": [ {"url": "https://shenzhenseoconference.com/speakers/marc-moeller", "event": "Shenzhen SEO Conference 2026, GEO/AI LLM workshop", "date": "2026-09-14 to 2026-09-18", "format": "in-person conference workshop", "attendees_if_public": "not stated for 2026 (2025 workshop drew 83 participants per Marc questionnaire, not independently verified by search)"}, {"url": "https://marcmoeller.au/perth-seo-meetup/", "event": "Perth SEO Meetup", "date": "ongoing since 2026-01, next 2026-11-04", "format": "in-person monthly lightning talks on AI SEO/GEO", "attendees_if_public": "not stated"} ], "research_items": [ {"url": "https://marcmoeller.au/king-of-aeo/", "title": "King of AEO Round 0 baseline", "date": "2026-10-04", "substance": "128 AI answers across 6 engines and 3 markets with aggregate metrics; method and raw data not found published at this URL as of the check"} ], "independent_coverage": [ {"url": "https://www.openpr.com/news/4624518/marc-moeller-recognised-as-shenzhen-seo-king-in-2025-returns", "outlet": "openpr.com (syndicated to mykxlg.com, Winger Daily, digiobserver.com, middletownlifemagazine.com)", "date": "2026-09", "editorial_or_press_release": "press_release"} ] } ]