How AI assistants choose what to recommend, and what to do about it.
Written from the answers we measure every week, the readiness checks we run on real sites, and the vendors’ own pages. 98 posts so far. RSS
ChatGPT SEO for Shopify stores
ChatGPT SEO for Shopify stores: what Shopify handles, what it leaves to you, and how to improve visibility with clear pages and accessible store facts.
21 Sept 2026Why ChatGPT gives different answers to the same question
Sampling and retrieval change ChatGPT's answer from run to run, so one answer proves little. How repeated runs and a margin of error show a real change.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for agencies: reporting AI answers to clients
How agencies can report AI search visibility to clients, price the work per account, and explain sampled results when clients ask for a ranking.
21 Sept 2026Getting recommended
22 postsHow to get named and cited, engine by engine, without a submission form that does not exist.
How to get your product recommended in ChatGPT Shopping
ChatGPT Shopping SEO starts with clear product facts, aligned feeds, crawlable pages and tests against real buying prompts.
12 Sept 2026Does ChatGPT use my website? How to see when it cites you
A practical way to check whether ChatGPT can reach, cite and understand your website, using logs, source lists and readiness checks.
12 Sept 2026What websites does ChatGPT use when it recommends software?
Which domains and page types AI answers cite when they recommend software, from CiteGraph scan data. Reddit leads, and the rest varies by category.
12 Sept 2026How ChatGPT chooses its sources, from 45,000 citations
A data-led look at how ChatGPT chooses its sources, which pages and domains it cites, and what to check when your own site rarely appears.
12 Sept 2026Why is my business not in ChatGPT? Five reasons from scans
Why your brand may be missing from ChatGPT, from crawl access and unclear positioning to weak outside sources and incomplete testing.
11 Sept 2026Google AI Mode vs AI Overviews: how to show up in each
Google AI Overviews and AI Mode create different content problems. This guide shows how to map pages to each surface and measure what gets cited.
11 Sept 2026How to appear in Google AI Overviews
How to appear in Google AI Overviews: fix crawl access, match search intent, make the page answerable, then measure citations rather than readiness.
11 Sept 2026How to get recommended by Claude
Learn how Claude selects product recommendations, how Claude crawler access works, and which pages can improve your visibility in Claude answers.
11 Sept 2026How to get recommended by Gemini
Learn how Gemini draws on Google’s index, why Googlebot matters, and which pages can support product recommendations.
11 Sept 2026How to rank in ChatGPT answers, not search results
Learn how to improve your product’s position in ChatGPT answers by analysing cited pages, source order, page types and answer stability.
11 Sept 2026How to rank in ChatGPT search in 2026
How to rank in ChatGPT in 2026: check crawler access first, then make the few pages the model reads clear, comparable and easy to cite.
11 Sept 2026How to rank in Perplexity in 2026
How to rank in Perplexity in 2026: separate retrieval, citation and naming, then study the domains and page types Perplexity cites most.
11 Sept 2026How to get cited by Perplexity
Learn how to get cited by Perplexity: allow its crawler, state product facts plainly, and publish the comparison pages its answers need.
11 Sept 2026How to get ChatGPT to recommend your business
Learn how to get ChatGPT to recommend your business by making your site easy to understand and earning mentions on the pages AI systems already cite.
10 Sept 2026How to get ChatGPT to recommend your product
A practical guide to making your product easier for ChatGPT to compare, verify and recommend, based on citation and readiness data.
10 Sept 2026How to get your brand mentioned by ChatGPT
Learn why ChatGPT mentions and citations differ, where brands appear in AI answers, and what to fix first for better visibility.
10 Sept 2026How to get your business cited by ChatGPT
Learn how to get your business cited by ChatGPT by allowing OAI-SearchBot and publishing clear pages that answer buyer questions.
10 Sept 2026How to get your business listed on ChatGPT (there is no list)
ChatGPT has no business directory. Learn how to make your site and the wider web provide evidence that helps it understand, cite and recommend your business.
10 Sept 2026Can you register your business with ChatGPT?
ChatGPT has no general sign-up that puts a business in its answers. Make yours easy to identify, understand and reach, then check if AI cites your pages.
10 Sept 2026How to get ChatGPT to recognize your business by name
How to get ChatGPT to recognize your business: connect your name, site and profiles with consistent facts, structured data and pages that can be cited.
10 Sept 2026ChatGPT is recommending my business. How did that happen?
A customer saw ChatGPT recommend your business. Trace the page it read, why it surfaced, and why the recommendation may disappear.
10 Sept 2026How to get featured in ChatGPT answers
Learn how to get featured on ChatGPT by separating brand mentions from citations, then improving the pages that support each outcome.
10 Sept 2026Tools and pricing
27 postsPrices and limits from the vendors' own pages, and what the engines say about each tool.
ByDefault alternatives
Compare ByDefault alternatives using public pricing, page access checks and a practical way to test AI visibility tools before buying.
15 Sept 2026ByDefault pricing, explained
ByDefault pricing, checked 2 Oct 2026: €89, €219 and €529 a month billed monthly for 50, 150 and 350 prompts on four models, and what each tier covers.
15 Sept 2026CrowdReply alternatives
A practical guide to CrowdReply alternatives, comparing AI tracking and engagement work, public plan limits and a short way to choose the right fit.
15 Sept 2026CrowdReply pricing, explained
CrowdReply pricing explained: compare plans, tracking limits, engagement credits and placement costs before you buy.
15 Sept 2026Best AI search monitoring tools for SEO professionals
Compare AI search monitoring tools by sampled visibility, client reporting, exports and the public cost of tracking each project.
15 Sept 2026AI visibility tools: what Reddit says, checked
A practical check of claims repeated in AI visibility tool discussions, using citation data, published plan limits and a worked comparison.
14 Sept 2026Free AI visibility tools that actually show answers
A comparison of the stated capabilities of free AI visibility tools, including what each asks for, what each reports, and where the free version stops.
14 Sept 2026Best AI visibility tracking tools for startups on a tight budget
Compare the best AI visibility tracking tools for startups on a tight budget, with monthly prices, prompt limits, recurring monitoring and sample limits.
14 Sept 2026Best AI visibility tools in 2026, measured
A measured guide to the best AI visibility tools in 2026, using sampled answer data, public pricing and the limits of each product's measurement model.
14 Sept 2026Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing and review
Ahrefs Brand Radar pricing, plan coverage, prompt quotas and the limit of AI brand mention counts.
14 Sept 2026Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit pricing and what it includes
UK price, checked 2 Oct 2026: £80.22 a month per domain billed annually, 25 tracked prompts, extra users from £36 a month. What the toolkit includes.
14 Sept 2026Profound pricing: what it costs and who it is for
Profound pricing, checked 2 Oct 2026: a free trial, then custom Enterprise for brands; for agencies, $99 a month plus $399 per client workspace.
14 Sept 2026Rankscale pricing
Rankscale pricing explained through its published tiers, credits, answer limits and engine selection, with a practical way to test the fit before you buy.
14 Sept 2026Scrunch AI pricing
Scrunch AI pricing, checked 2 Oct 2026: Core is $250 a month for 125 prompts on 4 engines, Agency Core $500, and Enterprise is custom. What each covers.
14 Sept 2026Peec AI pricing, explained
Peec AI pricing, checked 2 Oct 2026: €85, €205 and €425 a month billed monthly for 50, 150 and 350 prompts, and what each plan's limits cover.
13 Sept 2026Otterly AI pricing, explained
Otterly AI pricing by plan, search prompt allowance and annual billing, with a worked cost example, comparison table and the limits of the published data.
13 Sept 2026Ahrefs Brand Radar alternatives
Compare Ahrefs Brand Radar alternatives by what they show, how they measure AI visibility, and which teams should avoid buying another tracking tool.
13 Sept 2026Rankscale alternatives
Rankscale alternatives compared by engine coverage, repeated runs, citation analysis, pricing units and the measurement depth each workload needs.
13 Sept 2026Scrunch AI alternatives and competitors
Scrunch AI alternatives with public pricing, sample visibility data and a practical test for teams comparing tools before a sales call.
13 Sept 2026Peec AI alternatives
A practical guide to Peec AI alternatives for founders and small teams, with pricing, sample visibility data and a clear buying framework.
13 Sept 2026Best Profound alternatives for GEO
Profound alternatives for GEO, compared by published price, engine coverage, prompt limits and rival tracking, plus what to check besides the price.
13 Sept 2026Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Ahrefs Brand Radar vs Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: what each measures, which pages AI answers cite, how each prices access, and how to test both.
13 Sept 2026Peec AI vs Semrush
Peec AI vs Semrush for teams that already use Semrush: compare prompt coverage, tracking structure, pricing model, and when Semrush is enough.
12 Sept 2026Peec AI vs Otterly
A practical comparison of Peec AI and Otterly, covering their tracking models, published pricing evidence, and measured visibility in AI search answers.
12 Sept 2026Otterly vs Profound: pricing, coverage and AI visibility
Otterly vs Profound compared through public pricing, engine visibility and cited pages, with a practical way to judge price against depth.
12 Sept 2026Profound vs Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit
Profound vs Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit: compare prompt tracking, engine coverage, pricing and the evidence each product gives you.
12 Sept 2026Profound vs Peec AI: pricing, scope and AI visibility
Profound vs Peec AI for enterprise and mid-market teams, comparing published prices, workload units, enterprise scope and sampled AI recommendations.
12 Sept 2026Site readiness
16 postsOne page per check in the free readiness tool: crawlers, rendering, markup, llms.txt.
AI readiness score: what it measures and what it cannot
An AI readiness checker website can score whether your site presents usable information to assistants.
17 Sept 2026Comparison pages: why 'X vs Y' is the page AI cites
Comparison pages earn AI citations when an X vs Y page settles a real buying decision. How to structure one, support each claim, and check it is cited.
17 Sept 2026The plain statement AI needs on your homepage
A plain homepage sentence tells buyers and AI assistants what you sell, who it is for, how pricing works and what it replaces.
17 Sept 2026Schema markup for AI search: what we can and cannot show it changes
72 of 121 audited sites passed the Organization schema check. What schema markup can clarify for AI search, and what the evidence cannot show.
16 Sept 2026JavaScript sites and AI search: why your React app scores low
Why React sites disappear from AI search, how server rendering and prerendering expose useful HTML, and what the audit data shows.
16 Sept 2026Is my website AI ready? The fifteen checks
Use fifteen checks to see whether your website is reachable, understandable and easy for AI systems to parse.
16 Sept 2026Can AI search bots crawl my website?
Can AI search bots crawl your website? Check robots rules, bot challenges, JavaScript rendering and login walls before you chase citations.
16 Sept 2026AI crawler access checker: test eight bots in one run
Test eight AI bots against robots.txt in one run, separate search, retrieval and training access, then check whether reachable pages are ready to be cited.
16 Sept 2026Google-Extended: what it blocks and what it does not
Google-Extended in robots.txt expresses a preference about training use. It does not remove your pages from Google Search or opt them out of AI Overviews.
16 Sept 2026ClaudeBot and robots.txt
ClaudeBot, Claude-User, Claude-SearchBot and robots.txt: what each access rule controls, what the available data shows, and where the evidence stops.
16 Sept 2026PerplexityBot and robots.txt
How PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, robots.txt and WAF rules differ, with a practical check for crawler access and citation control.
16 Sept 2026GPTBot vs OAI-SearchBot vs ChatGPT-User: which to allow
GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot and ChatGPT-User have different jobs. Learn which agents to allow in robots.
16 Sept 2026GPTBot in robots.txt: allow or disallow, training vs search
To block GPTBot, add User-agent: GPTBot and Disallow: / to robots.txt. That opts out of training only. ChatGPT search uses OAI-SearchBot, a separate rule.
15 Sept 2026llms.txt checker: 7 checks to run on your file
The llms.txt spec requires one thing, an H1 naming the site. A 7-point list for the rest, and a free validator for the format and the first 25 links.
15 Sept 2026llms.txt example and generator
A complete llms.txt example with the format explained line by line, how it relates to other readiness checks, and how to review a generated file.
15 Sept 2026Does llms.txt work? What the data shows
Does llms.txt work? We compare the specification with checks on 121 sites and 45,309 citations, finding adoption but no measured citation effect.
15 Sept 2026Measurement
14 postsHow to measure this properly: sampling, margins, what to track and how often.
Why ChatGPT gives different answers to the same question
Sampling and retrieval change ChatGPT's answer from run to run, so one answer proves little. How repeated runs and a margin of error show a real change.
21 Sept 2026How to track brand mentions in AI search across four engines
Track brand mentions in AI search across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity, with a practical method for separating mentions, citations and source pages.
21 Sept 2026How often do AI citations change? A 25-day comparison
Domains held, pages rotated: 27 of 40 domains cited three or more times were still cited 25 days later, but only 14 of 179 exact pages. Track both.
21 Sept 2026Is it possible to track brand mentions in AI search? Yes
Yes, you can track brand mentions in AI search. The useful result is a measured rate with a visible margin of error, not a single reassuring screenshot.
21 Sept 2026How to track and monitor brand mentions in ChatGPT
Three ways to track brand mentions in ChatGPT: by hand, with an API script, or with a monitoring tool. What each costs and how to keep the sample stable.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility report template with the numbers that matter
A practical AI visibility report template built around lost answers, cited sources, actions and the limits of sampled data.
21 Sept 2026Mentioned vs cited: the two numbers people confuse
Learn why an AI can name your product while citing another site, how to read the gap, and what to measure before changing your content.
21 Sept 2026Cross-engine AI citation tracking: why one engine is not enough
Cross-engine AI citation tracking shows why one assistant misses source differences, engine gaps and the pages buyers actually see.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility audit: what a real one contains
A practical AI visibility audit checks whether your site can be read, then measures whether AI answers cite your pages and brand.
21 Sept 2026Share of voice in AI answers, and how to compute it
Learn how to calculate AI share of voice, separate mentions from citations, and interpret a real result from 80 sampled answers.
21 Sept 2026AI citation tracking: what to track, how often, at what cost
Learn what an AI citation tracker should record, why weekly checks are the floor, and how to choose a tracking cost that fits.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility score: what the number means at Semrush, Ahrefs, Profound and here
AI visibility scores are not interchangeable. What Semrush, Ahrefs and CiteGraph count, why their numbers disagree, and how to turn one into a page change.
17 Sept 2026AI search visibility metrics and KPIs that hold up
Six AI search visibility metrics that separate useful evidence from vanity KPIs, including mentions, citations, engines, depth and source mix.
17 Sept 2026How to measure AI visibility
Learn how to measure AI visibility with named and cited rates by engine, repeat samples, source-level tracking and clear limits on what the data can show.
17 Sept 2026Research
5 postsWhat our data shows: who owns AI answers by category, which pages get cited, how fast it moves.
The domains AI cites most across 44 categories
Reddit is the most cited domain in the sample, but citation share stays broad and the useful source changes with each category and buyer question.
21 Sept 2026The pages AI cites: listicles take two thirds, product pages a quarter, everything else is noise
A breakdown of the page types AI cited across 64,667 recorded citations, with listicles and competitor product pages accounting for most of the sample.
21 Sept 2026AI citation patterns by engine: what ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity each lean on
AI citation patterns by engine, showing how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity differ in source counts, product naming and cited page types.
21 Sept 2026Who owns AI answers for AI image generators
Which AI image generators appear in assistant answers, who owns the cited evidence, and why naming and citation rates tell different stories.
17 Sept 2026Who owns AI answers for AI coding assistants
Which AI coding assistants get named by three AI engines across 10 buyer questions, the pages cited, and what a 60-answer sample can and cannot show.
17 Sept 2026By industry
14 postsWhat the engines do in your industry, and what your site needs because of it.
ChatGPT SEO for Shopify stores
ChatGPT SEO for Shopify stores: what Shopify handles, what it leaves to you, and how to improve visibility with clear pages and accessible store facts.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for agencies: reporting AI answers to clients
How agencies can report AI search visibility to clients, price the work per account, and explain sampled results when clients ask for a ranking.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for real estate
AI visibility for real estate starts with the listings portals, while agency sites can earn citations for local knowledge and buyer guidance.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for small business: the cheapest check and fix
A practical plan for checking small business AI search visibility, fixing weak pages, and deciding when paid tracking is worth the cost.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for dentists and clinics
A practical guide to AI visibility for dentists and clinics: the checks and citation evidence that show which pages assistants can read and cite.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for developer tools
How developer tools earn AI visibility: buyer tasks favour comparison pages and focused support content, so build the page the answer needs first.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for restaurants and hospitality
AI visibility for restaurants depends on clear menus with prices, while maps, reviews and booking platforms answer the wider customer question.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for fintech
How fintech teams can improve AI visibility with clearer product facts, trust markup, comparison pages and better citation measurement.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for consultants and coaches
How consultants and coaches get named by AI: a clear offer on your own site, the roundups and threads that describe you, and how to measure both.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for accountants and bookkeepers
AI visibility for accountants and bookkeepers: why clear fees, client fit and buyer answers matter more than publishing more content.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for ecommerce and ChatGPT Shopping
AI visibility for ecommerce starts with clear product facts, crawl access and useful comparison pages.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for local businesses such as plumbers
What ChatGPT needs to recommend a local business: clear services and areas, map and review profiles that agree, and sources that answer local questions.
21 Sept 2026AI visibility for B2B SaaS
A practical AI visibility plan for B2B SaaS: answer comparison questions, earn useful citations and fix the gaps buyers can see.
21 Sept 2026How to get ChatGPT to recommend your law firm
Learn why ChatGPT often cites local legal directories and bar listings, then improve your law firm's pages and measure AI visibility.
21 Sept 2026