Find out if AI Answers cite you or your competitors

It is a one-time study of your business in AI answers, for $499. We ask 20 buyer questions in three AI tools, three times each. We measure how often each tool cites you and 3 competitors, and which sources it uses. Then we give you a 90-day plan to get cited more often.

The Starter Package fixes one page: it adds schema and an FAQ section to your home page. The Benchmark studies your full category. It shows where AI answers cite your competitors and not you, and which pages and sources to work on next.

SEO (search engine optimization) helps your pages rank in the list of links on Google and Bing. AEO (answer engine optimization) makes your pages easy for answer tools to read and quote, with clear questions, short answers and schema. GEO (generative engine optimization) helps AI tools such as ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode cite your business when they write an answer. GEO also covers the outside sites that AI tools trust. The Benchmark measures the result of all three: how often AI answers cite you.

Nobody knows the exact year, but the forecasts point the same way. In February 2024, Gartner predicted that traditional search engine volume would drop 25% by 2026 as people move to AI chat tools. In July 2025, Semrush projected that AI search could send more visitors to websites than traditional search by early 2028. That projection covers digital marketing and SEO topics only. For local businesses, BrightLocal found that 45% of US consumers used AI tools for recommendations in 2026, up from 6% one year before. Most of those people still compare AI answers with real reviews. So you need both: strong search results, and AI answers that cite you.

Compare the price with the value of one new customer or one new donor. The Benchmark also shows which content work you can skip. You get one ranked list, so your team spends its time on the fixes with the most impact first.

We check this before you pay. If AI tools give no useful answers for the questions in your category, we tell you. Then you do not buy the Benchmark.

We test ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Mode. Google AI Mode is the AI answer tab in Google Search. If your buyers use a different AI tool, such as Gemini or Claude, tell us. We can test it in place of one of the three.

AI answers change from one run to the next. One answer can cite you, and the next answer can leave you out. Three runs per tool show how often each tool cites you. We report that as your citation share, not as a rank.

We draft the list from search suggestions, AI query fan-out and your sales questions. You approve the list before we start. You can add, remove or change questions.

You get a written report (PDF), the raw data in a spreadsheet, and a 60-minute call where we walk through the findings and the plan. The spreadsheet has every question, every answer and every cited source.

Not in the Benchmark. It is a study and a plan. Your team can do the work, or we can. The $249 Starter Package, the fractional AI Search & Content Growth Marketer and our professional services all start from the same plan.

Send a request with the form. We reply within 24 hours to confirm the fit. Then we send a secure Stripe payment link. The week starts when you approve the question list.

The example questions use your approximate city from your internet connection, or the industry in the ad link that you clicked. We do not store either one. You can change both in the card.

No. AI answers change from one request to the next, so nobody can guarantee a citation. The Benchmark shows where you stand today and which work has the best chance to change it.