The AI Search Manual

Verdict

By Editorial team. Opinion within the published method; every figure is from the record below.

The AI Search Manual is a free web manual from iPullRank, with Michael King named alongside several other contributors. It runs to 24 chapters and confirms every curriculum flag the directory tracks, including GEO, AEO, LLM citations, crawler access and measurement, plus downloadable templates and a citation tracker. Evidence is the weak spot: no course-level rating on any review platform, no dated testimonials, no published audience size. That puts it at tier D with low confidence, so the directory lists it on six hubs and ranks it on none. Fits self-directed practitioners. Skip it if you need a cohort, feedback or a certificate.

Score breakdown

Composite 43.3 of 100, rubric v1, evidence tier D, low confidence (42 of 67 attributes confirmed, checked 18 Sep 2026). The score measures public evidence about a program (what is published, what learners say, how current it is), not teaching quality.

AI SEO course scoring methodology: weights, evidence ladder, confidence rule and what was checked and not found for every program. Every price in context: AI SEO course cost.

Weight redistribution (evidence ladder): satisfaction (22%) to volume, recency, transparency, completeness; sentiment (20%) to volume, recency, transparency, completeness.

Facts

Each value carries its data label (provider-stated, observed, calculated), the date it was checked and its source. Unverified means the value could not be confirmed on a public page by the check date.

The AI Search Manual price and price history

Free (checked 18 September 2026). Public manual chapters are accessible on iPullRank; no paid amount is shown.

The AI Search Manual refund policy

Not applicable: the program is free (checked 18 Sep 2026).

What The AI Search Manual teaches

13 of 13 tracked curriculum flags are confirmed on public pages, 0 confirmed absent and 0 unverified (checked 18 September 2026). A confirmed flag means the provider's own curriculum or listing names the topic; the source is cited, the wording is not reproduced.

Reception

Ratings by platform

No course-level rating was found (checked 18 September 2026). Platforms checked: Skool, Maven, Udemy, Coursera, Trustpilot, G2, Reddit. A missing rating is never scored as zero; see the score breakdown for how the weight moved.

Company-level ratings, display only and never an input to the score: G2 0.0, observed, seen 18 Sep 2026.

What public discussion says

Derived from 1 independent public item (reviews and forum or social posts; 1 provider-authored item excluded), labelled by theme and stance, checked 18 September 2026. No review text is stored. Stances: 0 positive, 0 mixed, 1 neutral, 0 negative.

Public commentary is descriptive rather than evaluative.

Independent discussion on record

• ppc.land (2025-08-29, neutral): Reports iPullRank's public manual release and summarizes its technical AI-search coverage. seen 18 Sep 2026

Cautions

Sourced facts from the caution checks (price consistency, page history, instructor identity, testimonial dating, self-ranking, certificate claims). Neutral by design: each line is what a public page shows, with its date.

1. The iPullRank manual page publishes no paid amount; its chapters are publicly accessible. Check 1, seen 18 Sep 2026 [2]
2. The current page title and URL slug identify AI Search Manual; a 2024 Wayback title was not available in the archive lookup. Check 2, seen 18 Sep 2026 [2]
3. Michael King is named as Founder & CEO and five other contributors are named on the manual page. Check 3, seen 18 Sep 2026 [2]
4. The manual is publicly accessible and no access end date is published. Check 4, seen 18 Sep 2026 [2]
5. No dated testimonials for the manual are visible on the official manual page or launch post. Check 5, seen 18 Sep 2026 [2]
6. No seller-authored best AI SEO courses ranking page was found in the iPullRank blog index reviewed. Check 6, seen 18 Sep 2026 [14]
7. No certificate or accrediting body is named on the manual page. Check 7, seen 18 Sep 2026 [2]
8. No affiliate program or commission is named on the manual page. Check 8, seen 18 Sep 2026 [2]
9. No course-specific dispute, refund complaint, or platform action was found in the discussion sources reviewed. Check 9, seen 18 Sep 2026 [15]

Compared with

The AI Search Manual alternatives

No cheaper program in the same format band and language is on record (checked 18 Sep 2026).