arXiv AI By Shilpa Ramakrishna, William B. Andreopoulos

Query Implied Generative Engine Optimization

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The paper "Query Implied Generative Engine Optimization" introduces QI‑GEO, a method that infers user intent directly from documents to enhance visibility in Generative Search Engines. By approximating a document’s intent space, QI‑GEO identifies missing yet relevant content, improving objective scores by up to 15.9% and subjective scores by up to 17.6% on GEO‑Bench datasets. The approach yields nearly twice as many citation gains as losses, demonstrating that document‑derived intent approximations can boost content visibility without explicit query inputs.

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