GEO glossary

Fine-Tuning

Fine-Tuning is additional model training on a targeted dataset to change behavior or capabilities.

Why this matters for GEO

Fine-tuning is distinct from optimizing a public website for retrieval.

Related terms

• Retrieval
• Pretraining
• Model Knowledge Cutoff
• Inference
• Hallucination
• Large Language Model (LLM)

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• Pretraining
• Model Knowledge Cutoff

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Updated November 2026.