Who are the best SEO experts?
Asked "Who are the best SEO experts?", Google AI Mode, Gemini, Copilot, Perplexity and ChatGPT named 22 distinct names across 5 answers on September 7, 2026, and 6 of them in two or more answers.
Measured acrossGoogle AI ModeGeminiCopilotPerplexityChatGPT
6 of 22 names confirmed · named in 2 or more of 5 answers · asked September 7, 2026 · 5 engines
The best SEO experts depend on specific goals, but well-regarded names include Aleyda Solis, Rand Fishkin, Neil Patel, and Lily Ray. They are recognized for their expertise in areas such as international SEO, audience intelligence, SEO education, and algorithm updates.
- 1Oraintinamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 2Moznamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 3SparkToronamed in 4 of 5 answers
- 4Backlinkonamed in 3 of 5 answers
- 5Search Engine Roundtablenamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 6Semrushnamed in 2 of 5 answers
- 7iPullRanknamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 8NP Digitalnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 9Ubersuggestnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 10Aleyda Solisnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 11Lily Raynamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 12Rand Fishkinnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 13Neil Patelnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 14Mike Kingnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 15Cyrus Shepardnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 16Marie Haynesnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 17Barry Schwartznamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 18Brian Deannamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 19Koray Tuğberk Gübürnamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 20Kevin Indignamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 21Danny Sullivannamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
- 22Bruce Claynamed in 1 of 5 answersone answer
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The full measurement
- The position each of the 5 engines gave all 22 names.
- How many of the 5 answers named each of them.
- 36 sampled observations behind this ranking, and where the engines disagree.
- Fan-out — the query each engine actually searched.
- Every citation, and the sources nobody cited.