Founder AI citations
Programmatic SEO in 2026 (after the spam rules)
Key answer
Programmatic SEO still works when every URL has unique facts (city, industry, persona) and a human purpose. It fails when templates swap a noun and ship 35,000 thin pages. Google’s spam systems and AI crawlers both discount doorway graphs. Anthroly keeps a locked indexable inventory and writes this niche cluster as original briefs — not more two-ways.
Founder, Anthroly
Sarath Kavuru is the founder of Anthroly. He runs a human-led SEO and AEO practice that turns founder expertise into AI-search citations, authority content, and qualified conversations. Full bio
The mistake we already made — and locked
This site once listed on the order of 35k three-way URLs. They were crawled and often not indexed. The inventory is now capped in code (lib/pseo/indexable.ts) so a well-meaning “add more cities” request cannot explode the graph again.
That history is why this cluster is twelve human pages plus a pillar — not a new industry dimension that would multiply glossary and location combinations.
When templates are honest
A template is honest when it interpolates real facts: population, timezone, local insights, practice constraints. It is dishonest when the only unique token is the city name in the H1.
| Signal | Pass | Fail |
|---|---|---|
| Unique table or local fact | Yes, from a data file tied to that entity | Same three bullets, city swapped |
| Intent | Someone would bookmark this URL | Only exists to catch a query combination |
| Internal links | To a real hub and 2–4 siblings | Orphan or circular doorway mesh |
| Schema | Matches the page type | Copied Article JSON with the wrong city |
| Indexation | In the correct sitemap tier | Dumped into one 50k sitemap |
AEO does not replace that bar
Answer engines are harsher, not looser. They would rather cite one good explainer than 400 near-duplicates. Use pSEO for coverage of real demand (city + service). Use this cluster for information gain.
Frequently asked questions
Should we add an “AI startups” industry to the pSEO matrix?
No. That would multiply thousands of thin URLs. This guide plus SaaS hubs is the coverage model.
Are two-way pages still useful?
Yes when they carry unique city or industry facts. They are not a substitute for a cited explainer in a YMYL niche.