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• 1st edition, 8th revision2026-10-20 · current · Restructuring (decided after three rounds of editorial board discussion): Chapter 0 is shorter; the Seven Laws figure is now Figure 8-3, and the theory explanation and seven-step table moved to Chapter 8; Chapter 3 keeps the comparison table, Google, Microsoft, and the citation-measurement figure, adds a short OpenAI box, and moves the other platforms to an end-of-chapter "Platform Files" section; GEO now means visibility in generative answers; the three service tiers carry outcome subtitles; added "This Book's Usage vs. Market Usage" and a practice chapter, "Ten Things a Business Can Do This Week." Data unchanged; no new numbers.The BookAtlaschecksums
• 1st edition, 7th revision2026-10-20 · Editorial board review: five AI editors reviewed the whole book so that no claim goes beyond its evidence (e.g. "changes during the field-test period" instead of "growth brought by IDAEO"; no counts of participating sites; measurement scope stated where a number first appears). Added a reading guide, a three-part wrap-up for every chapter, and closing sections "How This Book Grows" and "About the Author." English punctuation and dates now follow English style. Data unchanged; no new numbers.The BookAtlaschecksums
• 1st edition, 6th revision2026-10-20 · Published as a book: retitled "IDAEO: Marketing in the Age of AI," with the subtitle ID → IDA → AEO; the term IDAEO now gives its full English name (Identity-Driven Answer Engine Optimization; IDA = Identity Data Authority); released under CC BY 4.0, with a cover and PDF. Fixed punctuation in the Japanese Figure 2-5; figure text in the three translations is now readable by AI. Data unchanged.The BookAtlaschecksums
• 1st edition, 5th revision2026-10-19 · New Figure 2-5, "4 Ways AI Mentions You + the Final Gate," mapped to S1–S10; 5 new FAQs in Chapters 1, 2, 4 and 8. Data unchanged.The BookAtlaschecksums
• First Edition, fourth revision2026-10-15 · Renamed IDAEO: Principles of AI-Era Marketing, Simplified Chinese and Japanese now use their own typefaces with all 35 figures refined in each language, blueprint Google indexed pages corrected to 282,000, the 5,102 AI Agent visits counted separately and not included in any totalThe BookAtlaschecksums
• First Edition, third revision2026-10-15 · Figure 1-4 replaced by the IDAEO Traffic Atlas, Applebot and four others reclassified as search engine crawlers (totals unchanged), click any figure to view it full screenThe BookAtlaschecksums
• First Edition, second revision2026-10-14 · Claim Basis Table appendix (57 claims), cross-links with the author's TK Lin IDA, figure layout fixesThe BookAtlaschecksums
• First Edition, revised2026-10-13 · 35 figures (new Figures 1-4 and 3-10), two FAQs, corrections to figures and wording, mobile layout for the AtlasThe BookAtlaschecksums
• Atlas 1.1 (phone layout)2026-10-13 · Atlas only: phone layout and links back to the textbook. Content identical to the 1st edition.Atlaschecksums
• 1st edition2026-10-11 · First frozen release. Traditional Chinese went live on Oct 13; Simplified Chinese, English and Japanese were added the same day.The BookAtlaschecksums