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People to follow: Content

Who to actually follow in AEO, GEO, and AI search. Curated, not crowdsourced.

Hand-picked practitioners · Updated May 2026

5 of 20 voices
12 · educator · Content
Crystal Carter, Head of AI Search & SEO Communications at Wix

Crystal Carter

The educator

Head of AI Search & SEO Communications, Wix · Exeter, UK

Known for: Makes reasoning models and bot-log analysis genuinely understandable for marketing teams.

14 · skeptic · Content
Eli Schwartz, independent SEO consultant and author

Eli Schwartz

The skeptic

Independent SEO Consultant; Author, Product-Led SEO, Independent · San Francisco Bay Area, CA, USA

Known for: The principled contrarian arguing GEO is mostly rebranded SEO fundamentals.

15 · builder · Content
Ross Simmonds, Founder & CEO of Foundation Marketing

Ross Simmonds

The builder

Founder & CEO, Foundation Marketing / Distribution.ai · Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

Known for: Made content distribution the strategy AI search actually rewards.

18 · builder · Content
Bernard Huang, Co-founder & CEO of Clearscope

Bernard Huang

The builder

Co-founder & CEO, Clearscope · Austin, TX, USA

Known for: Publicly experiments on his own brand to show what actually gets cited in AI answers.

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