/ CITATION PROBE
Are you actually cited by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Grok?
The only honest answer is to ask the engines. We run 20 real queries about your business across the major LLMs and record which ones cite your page — with positions, competitors, and exact response snippets.
/ The question
Most AEO tools tell you what should make you citable — schema, llms.txt, content structure. The Citation Probe tells you what is happening right now: do the engines actually surface your page when a user asks a question your page answers? Most sites discover the answer is no, even when every checklist tool says they’re ready.
/ How it works
Methodology
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Generate 20 realistic queries
Claude analyses your page and writes 20 search queries a customer would plausibly type into AI: 1 navigational, 9 informational, 10 long-tail. With Google Search Console connected, we replace invented queries with the ones you actually get traffic for — real demand, not guesses.
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Run each query against the engines
Every query runs in parallel against ChatGPT, Claude with web_search, Perplexity Sonar, Gemini, and Grok (configured tiers). We record the full answer text, the cited URLs in order, and the position your hostname lands in. Web-search-required so engines can’t answer from training data.
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Score, locate, and explain
Per-engine cite rate, mean position, competitor ranking, and a per-query drill-down with the exact engine response. Re-runs reuse the same 20 queries so you see a real before/after when you ship fixes — not invented progress.
/ Why it’s different
Versus everything else in the category
Question
Other tools
AI Search Ready
What does it measure?
Theoretical readiness (schema, robots, structure)
Actual citation outcome from the engines
How does it pick queries?
Brand name + a few invented variants
Real GSC demand + intent-balanced Claude generation
What if you’re not cited?
"Improve your content"
Shows the exact competitor citation that won + why
How does progress show?
New random queries each run, no comparison
Locked query set, real before/after across runs
/ What you get
In your dashboard
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Per-engine cite rate + mean position across all 20 queries
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Per-query drill-down — every engine’s full answer text and cited URLs
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Competitor leaderboard ranking who beats you and how often
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Drift detection — score moves week-over-week with email alerts
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Counter-Cite generator — one-click LLM pass at the answer the missing engine should have given
/ GET STARTED