Turning Question Maps Into Real AI Retrieval

If you spend time in SEO circles lately, you’ve probably heard query fan-out used in the same breath as semantic SEO, AI content, and vector-based retrieval.

It sounds new, but it’s really an evolution of an old idea: a structured way to expand a root topic into the many angles your audience (and an AI) might explore.

If this all sounds familiar, it should. Marketers have been digging for this depth since “search intent” became a thing years ago. The concept isn’t new; it just has fresh buzz, thanks to GenAI.

Like many SEO concepts,…