Audit. Act.
Measure what worked.
GetCited is the answer engine optimization platform that audits your readiness for AI search — then statistically tracks whether your fixes moved the needle across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and the rest.
Answer Engine Optimization, explained
AEO is the practice of optimizing your brand, content, and digital presence so that AI-powered search engines cite you in their generated answers.
Definition: Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) is a digital marketing discipline focused on making brands and content citable by AI-powered answer engines. Unlike traditional search engine optimization (SEO), which aims to rank web pages in a list of blue links, AEO aims to make your brand the source that AI engines like ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Microsoft Copilot reference when generating answers to user queries.
AEO encompasses structured data implementation (JSON-LD schema markup), entity optimization in knowledge graphs, technical AI-readiness (allowing AI crawlers to access and parse your content), authority signal building (E-E-A-T), and citation-worthy content creation. The goal is not just traffic — it is brand presence in the AI layer that increasingly sits between users and websites.
The term emerged as large language models (LLMs) began replacing traditional search behavior. Research from multiple sources indicates that a significant and growing percentage of information queries are now answered directly by AI, without the user ever visiting a website. For brands, this creates a new imperative: if AI engines do not recognize your brand as an authority, you lose visibility regardless of your Google rankings.
SEO vs. AEO: Key Differences
AEO does not replace SEO — it extends it. Brands that invest in both traditional search optimization and answer engine optimization capture visibility across the full spectrum: Google's organic results, AI Overviews, ChatGPT recommendations, Perplexity citations, and every other AI-powered discovery surface.
Search is evolving.
Most brands aren't ready.
By 2026, AI engines answer most informational queries directly. If they don't cite your brand, your page-1 ranking doesn't matter.
of queries end without a click
Zero-click answers are the new default. AI engines are even more aggressive — most never link out at all.
CTR loss on informational queries
AI Overviews push organic listings below the fold for 'what / how / why' queries.
AI engines now decide who's authoritative
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Copilot, AI Overview, AI Mode, DeepSeek, Meta AI, Grok — each runs its own retrieval logic.
The 7 pillars of AEO readiness
A structured framework for AI-search visibility. Each pillar is audited, scored, and tracked over time.
Entity authority
Clear knowledge-graph entity. Wikidata, Wikipedia, structured About pages, founder bios — the substrate AI engines retrieve from.
Technical readiness
Crawlable to AI agents. Robots policy, llms.txt, fast TTFB, JSON-LD schema, accessible markup that AI parsers actually understand.
On-site content
Direct, well-structured, citable. Clear definitions, comparison tables, FAQ blocks, dated authorship — built for machine extraction.
Structured data
Organization, Product, FAQ, HowTo, Article — validated against Schema.org and Google's Rich Results test, generated and patched in one click.
E-E-A-T signals
Experience, expertise, authoritativeness, trust. Author entities, credentials, third-party reviews — the proof AI uses to decide who to cite.
Off-site mentions
The web's consensus about your brand. Media mentions, podcasts, expert roundups, citations on .edu and .gov domains.
Linked-data footprint
DBpedia, Crunchbase, GitHub, ProductHunt, industry directories, structured employee profiles. Be referenceable everywhere AI looks.
What GetCited monitors and optimizes
GetCited is a full-stack AEO platform — combining AI citation drift tracking, A/B testing, multi-CMS publishing, Shopify ecommerce AEO, search console intelligence, and technical auditing in one tool.
7 AI Engines Monitored
GetCited queries each AI engine with your target keywords and checks whether your brand appears in the generated answer. Results are stored for trend analysis and competitive benchmarking.
ChatGPT
OpenAI
Perplexity
Perplexity AI
Gemini
Claude
Anthropic
Microsoft Copilot
Microsoft
Google AI Overview
DeepSeek
DeepSeek
Meta AI
Meta
Google AI Mode
Grok
xAI
AI Citation Monitoring & Drift Tracking
- ✓Track brand mentions across all 10 AI engines simultaneously
- ✓Citation Drift Tracker — detect when AI engines stop citing you and get recapture suggestions
- ✓Multi-Query Sampling with Wilson interval confidence scores (Pro tier)
- ✓Competitor comparison — see who AI engines cite instead of you
- ✓A/B Testing for AEO — measure impact of SEO/AEO changes on AI citations
Google Search Console Intelligence
- ✓34 analysis modules covering queries, pages, devices, and countries
- ✓Server-side OAuth — connect once, no API keys needed
- ✓Automated daily snapshots for historical trend analysis
- ✓Click-through rate optimization recommendations
- ✓Content gap identification from GSC query data
Multi-CMS Publishing & Ecommerce AEO
- ✓Auto-publish to WordPress, Webflow, and Framer from one dashboard
- ✓Shopify Integration — product schema generation and catalog-aware AEO content
- ✓Claude-powered article generation from content briefs
- ✓AI-generated review responses with one-click posting (GBP)
- ✓MCP Server — expose GetCited data to Claude Desktop
AEO Site Scanner
- ✓Comprehensive AI-readiness audit of any website
- ✓Schema markup validation and JSON-LD generation
- ✓AI crawler accessibility checks (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot)
- ✓E-E-A-T signal assessment and recommendations
- ✓Copy-paste fix code for every issue found
HOW GETCITED WORKS
Audit. Act. Measure.
A three-phase loop. Most AEO tools stop at audit — we close the loop with statistical proof.
Audit your AEO readiness
A 7-pillar scan of your technical, on-site, and off-site readiness. Scored A→F with concrete fix lists. Run on any domain.
- +38 GSC modules
- +Schema.org validation
- +Knowledge graph audit
- +Off-site citation map
- +Robots / llms.txt check
- +AI crawl simulation
Act on a prioritized queue
Fixes ranked by expected lift. Schema patches auto-generated. Content briefs sent to your editorial team. Ship to WordPress, Webflow, or Framer.
- +Lift x effort scoring
- +Schema patch generator
- +Editorial brief writer
- +Linear / Jira export
- +WordPress publish
- +llms.txt updater
Measure with statistical proof
Each fix gets a Wilson 95% CI verdict — significant lift, regression, or no detectable change. Per-engine attribution. No other AEO tool does this.
- +Citation rate · pre/post
- +Wilson 95% CI verdicts
- +Per-engine attribution
- +Multi-query sampling
- +Drift recapture alerts
- +Weekly digest reports
95% CI · 38.9 — 46.6% · p < 0.001 · significant lift
95% CI · 48.3 — 55.9% · p < 0.001 · significant lift
Built for brands that want AI visibility
GetCited serves anyone who needs to understand and improve their brand's presence in AI-generated answers — from solo founders checking a single brand to agencies managing dozens of clients.
Small & Medium Businesses
If you want to know whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Gemini mention your brand when users ask about your industry — and what to do if they don't — GetCited's free monitoring tier gives you immediate answers. No technical expertise required.
Marketing Teams & Brand Managers
Track your brand's AI visibility alongside competitors. Understand which AI engines cite your competitors but not you, identify content gaps, and prioritize the optimizations that will have the highest impact on AI citation rates.
SEO & AEO Agencies
Manage multiple client engagements through a 12-pillar agency dashboard. Each client gets SOV tracking, schema health audits, content briefs, PR monitoring, review management, technical audits, and automated weekly reports — all under one roof with role-based access control.
E-Commerce Brands
When users ask AI engines 'what is the best [product] for [use case],' your brand needs to appear in that answer. GetCited helps e-commerce brands build the entity authority, structured data, and citation presence that AI engines require to recommend products.
SEARCH IS EVOLVING
Be the cited one.
Free audit in 5 minutes. We'll score your AEO readiness across all 7 pillars and tell you what to ship next.
No credit card required · Free plan · Paid plans from ₹2,499/mo