Engineering•November 2025•11 min read
Engineering Structured Data for LLM Ingestion
If an LLM can't parse your website's schema, you don't exist in the new web. A technical guide to JSON-LD and semantic HTML.
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The End of Ten Blue Links
The era of the ten blue links is ending. Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) requires businesses to serve data directly to Language Models via strict JSON-LD schemas and un-minified semantic data chunks. If an LLM cannot parse you, you do not exist.
Relational Knowledge Graphs
With over 24 years of SEO experience, I've reverse-engineered how models like ChatGPT weight external sources. True AI SEO optimization involves mapping your brand's entities so thoroughly that the AI cannot ignore you when formulating a response.
"You must stop treating your website as a brochure, and start treating it as an API endpoint for intelligent algorithms."
By converting your site from a flat document into a relational knowledge graph, you guarantee that your business achieves optimal organic traffic by becoming the definitive, cited source underlying the AI's core generative output.
The Method to the Madness
Writing schema for 258+ websites since 1999 teaches you patience. My method to the madness of work, play, live, and family life revolves around intense output followed by intense recovery. Fasting for 3-14 days multiple times a year forces metabolic clarity, allowing me to audit massive 10,000-line JSON-LD graphs without missing a single bracket.
If your technical SEO is sloppy, the LLM will hallucinate. Do it right, or don't do it at all.