Quick wins

# Get Popcorn listed in Rankability's best AI search visibility tracking tools article

When buyers ask an AI assistant the questions below, it doesn't recommend us, or recommends us for the wrong reasons. This is a third-party gap: the roundups and comparisons the model reads leave us out.

## The questions it affects
- Our organic traffic is down and I suspect ChatGPT and Google AI Overviews. How do I check whether AI search is what's taking it?
- What tools track how often AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini mention a brand?
- How do I monitor whether AI search engines cite our website?
- Which questions should we track to measure AI visibility, and how many prompts do we need before the numbers mean anything?
- How can I see which web pages AI assistants rely on when they answer questions in my category?

## What the assistant said
Rankability shaped the search answers in P1, P2, P5, P8 (twice), P11 and P12. P8 top pick was Peec AI.

## Who wins the question today
https://rankability.com/blog/best-ai-search-visibility-tracking-tools/. Read it and make sure our version answers everything it does, better.

## Your task
We need to be included on https://rankability.com/blog/best-ai-search-visibility-tracking-tools/. Read that page first, work out the right way in (editor contact, submission form, PR, comments), and draft exactly what to send: a short, factual pitch covering the points below, in the page's own format.

## What it must say
Ask the editor to add Popcorn as the open-source, self-hosted option. Supply a one-paragraph entry: MIT licensed, a single Docker container, asks Claude and OpenAI models on search and recall tracks, grades recommended/mentioned/absent with share of voice, and outputs a ranked fix list. Link github.com/metcalfc/popcorn.

## Done when
The Rankability article lists Popcorn, and a re-run of prompt 5 or 8 cites the article with Popcorn in the answer.

## Rules
- Don't invent numbers, benchmarks, prices, capabilities or customer names. Where a fact is needed and you can't find it in the repo or on our site, leave a clearly marked TODO saying exactly what to measure or who to ask.
- Answer the questions above directly and early on the page, in the words buyers use. AI assistants quote pages that state the answer plainly.
- Keep it scoped to this one fix. When you're done, summarise what you changed and list any TODOs.

# Get Popcorn listed in frase.io's 10 best AI visibility tools roundup

When buyers ask an AI assistant the questions below, it doesn't recommend us, or recommends us for the wrong reasons. This is a third-party gap: the roundups and comparisons the model reads leave us out.

## The questions it affects
- How can I find out why an AI assistant prefers a competitor's product over ours?
- ChatGPT gets our features and pricing wrong. How do we correct what AI assistants say about our product?
- What does an answer engine optimization content strategy look like for a B2B SaaS company?
- AI answers in our category keep citing Reddit threads, review sites and listicles that only mention our competitors. How do we get onto those sources?
- What are the quickest wins for improving our brand's visibility in AI search?
- Which AI visibility tools tell you what content to create or change, not just where you rank?

## What the assistant said
P20 claude-code-opus search sourced frase.io/blog/the-10-best-ai-visibility-tools-in-2026; the same page also shaped P3, P9, P12 and P17.

## Who wins the question today
https://frase.io/blog/the-10-best-ai-visibility-tools-in-2026. Read it and make sure our version answers everything it does, better.

## Your task
We need to be included on https://frase.io/blog/the-10-best-ai-visibility-tools-in-2026. Read that page first, work out the right way in (editor contact, submission form, PR, comments), and draft exactly what to send: a short, factual pitch covering the points below, in the page's own format.

## What it must say
Pitch Frase to add Popcorn as the open-source, self-hosted entry. It asks Claude and OpenAI models your buyer questions on search and recall tracks, grades recommended, mentioned or absent with share of voice, and builds a ranked fix list. Supply a one-paragraph blurb, a screenshot of a fix list and the GitHub link.

## Done when
The Frase article lists Popcorn, and prompt 20 or 2 on the search track names Popcorn.

## Rules
- Don't invent numbers, benchmarks, prices, capabilities or customer names. Where a fact is needed and you can't find it in the repo or on our site, leave a clearly marked TODO saying exactly what to measure or who to ask.
- Answer the questions above directly and early on the page, in the words buyers use. AI assistants quote pages that state the answer plainly.
- Keep it scoped to this one fix. When you're done, summarise what you changed and list any TODOs.

# Get Popcorn added to airops.com/blog/profound-alternatives as the open-source option

When buyers ask an AI assistant the questions below, it doesn't recommend us, or recommends us for the wrong reasons. This is a third-party gap: the roundups and comparisons the model reads leave us out.

## The questions it affects
- AI assistants mention our product but add caveats that steer buyers away. How do we address the objections they raise?
- Which AI visibility tools tell you what content to create or change, not just where you rank?

## What the assistant said
P20 claude-code-opus search: top pick AthenaHQ, shaped by airops.com/blog/profound-alternatives, scrunch-alternatives and athenahq-alternatives.

## Who wins the question today
https://airops.com/blog/profound-alternatives. Read it and make sure our version answers everything it does, better.

## Your task
We need to be included on https://airops.com/blog/profound-alternatives. Read that page first, work out the right way in (editor contact, submission form, PR, comments), and draft exactly what to send: a short, factual pitch covering the points below, in the page's own format.

## What it must say
Pitch AirOps to include Popcorn as the open-source, self-hosted alternative to Profound. Emphasise the ranked fix list naming page, content, target prompts and owner, plus the MIT license and single Docker container.

## Done when
The AirOps page names Popcorn, and prompt 20 on the search track names Popcorn as a Profound alternative.

## Rules
- Don't invent numbers, benchmarks, prices, capabilities or customer names. Where a fact is needed and you can't find it in the repo or on our site, leave a clearly marked TODO saying exactly what to measure or who to ask.
- Answer the questions above directly and early on the page, in the words buyers use. AI assistants quote pages that state the answer plainly.
- Keep it scoped to this one fix. When you're done, summarise what you changed and list any TODOs.

# Get Popcorn listed on openalternative.co AI visibility tracking category

When buyers ask an AI assistant the questions below, it doesn't recommend us, or recommends us for the wrong reasons. This is a third-party gap: the roundups and comparisons the model reads leave us out.

## The questions it affects
- Are there open-source tools for measuring AI search visibility?
- Is there an open-source alternative to Profound or Peec AI?
- We want to track AI answer visibility without sending our data to another SaaS vendor. What are our options?

## What the assistant said
P1: shaped by openalternative.co/categories/ai-visibility-tracking; Popcorn was at position 17

## Who wins the question today
https://openalternative.co/categories/ai-visibility-tracking/using/drizzleorm. Read it and make sure our version answers everything it does, better.

## Your task
We need to be included on https://openalternative.co/categories/ai-visibility-tracking. Read that page first, work out the right way in (editor contact, submission form, PR, comments), and draft exactly what to send: a short, factual pitch covering the points below, in the page's own format.

## What it must say
Submit a Popcorn listing to this directory, which shaped the P1 answer. The listing should state: MIT licensed, a single Docker container, search and recall tracks, and a ranked fix list. Link the listing to the new comparison and self-hosting pages rather than only the repo.

## Done when
The Popcorn listing is live on openalternative.co, and a rerun of prompt 1 on search shows Popcorn at a position better than 17.

## Rules
- Don't invent numbers, benchmarks, prices, capabilities or customer names. Where a fact is needed and you can't find it in the repo or on our site, leave a clearly marked TODO saying exactly what to measure or who to ask.
- Answer the questions above directly and early on the page, in the words buyers use. AI assistants quote pages that state the answer plainly.
- Keep it scoped to this one fix. When you're done, summarise what you changed and list any TODOs.

# Get Popcorn listed on openalternative.co's AI visibility tracking category

When buyers ask an AI assistant the questions below, it doesn't recommend us, or recommends us for the wrong reasons. This is a third-party gap: the roundups and comparisons the model reads leave us out.

## The questions it affects
- Is Cheap Seats a good open-source alternative to paid AI visibility tools?
- What are the downsides of self-hosting Cheap Seats to measure AI search visibility?

## What the assistant said
P6: 'could not verify a public open-source project under this name... no official repository, license, or documentation found'.

## Who wins the question today
https://github.com/oneglanse/oneglanse. Read it and make sure our version answers everything it does, better.

## Your task
We need to be included on https://openalternative.co/categories/ai-visibility-tracking. Read that page first, work out the right way in (editor contact, submission form, PR, comments), and draft exactly what to send: a short, factual pitch covering the points below, in the page's own format.

## What it must say
Submit Popcorn to openalternative.co with this description: MIT license, self-hosted single Docker container, Claude/OpenAI tracking, link to github.com/metcalfc/popcorn. List it as an open-source alternative to Profound, Peec AI and Otterly. The searches surfaced OneGlanse because it was verifiably 'MIT licensed, self-hostable'; Popcorn needs the same verifiable listing on the page the assistant actually read.

## Done when
Popcorn is listed on openalternative.co/categories/ai-visibility-tracking and a re-run of prompt 6 search finds github.com/metcalfc/popcorn instead of saying 'no open-source project by this name found'.

## Rules
- Don't invent numbers, benchmarks, prices, capabilities or customer names. Where a fact is needed and you can't find it in the repo or on our site, leave a clearly marked TODO saying exactly what to measure or who to ask.
- Answer the questions above directly and early on the page, in the words buyers use. AI assistants quote pages that state the answer plainly.
- Keep it scoped to this one fix. When you're done, summarise what you changed and list any TODOs.

# Get Popcorn listed on backlinko, deepsmith and sitepoint AI tracker roundups

When buyers ask an AI assistant the questions below, it doesn't recommend us, or recommends us for the wrong reasons. This is a third-party gap: the roundups and comparisons the model reads leave us out.

## The questions it affects
- How do generative engine optimization tools work, and which ones are worth paying for?
- What's the best AEO tool for a B2B SaaS company that wants to know if ChatGPT and Claude recommend it?
- Which AI visibility tools cover Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews, not just ChatGPT?
- What's a cheap way to start measuring AI visibility for a small startup?
- Is there a free AI visibility tracker that's actually useful?
- Which AI visibility tools can run on a schedule and alert us when we drop out of answers?

## What the assistant said
P12 search: top pick Amplitude AI Visibility, shaped by backlinko.com/llm-tracking-tools and sitepoint.com/best-llm-visibility-trackers.

## Who wins the question today
https://backlinko.com/llm-tracking-tools. Read it and make sure our version answers everything it does, better.

## Your task
We need to be included on https://backlinko.com/llm-tracking-tools; https://deepsmith.ai/blog/best-budget-ai-visibility-trackers-startups; https://www.sitepoint.com/best-generative-engine-optimization-tools/. Read that page first, work out the right way in (editor contact, submission form, PR, comments), and draft exactly what to send: a short, factual pitch covering the points below, in the page's own format.

## What it must say
Pitch the editors to add Popcorn as the free, MIT-licensed, self-hosted entry. The facts to give them: one Docker container, SQLite, your own API keys capped by a daily budget, or your existing Claude Code and Codex subscriptions. The pending blog post (PR #7) only helps if crawlers find it, and these listicles are what the search track actually reads, so this covers a gap the post can't.

## Done when
At least 2 of the listed pages mention Popcorn, and prompts 11 and 12 on the search track name Popcorn at least once.

## Rules
- Don't invent numbers, benchmarks, prices, capabilities or customer names. Where a fact is needed and you can't find it in the repo or on our site, leave a clearly marked TODO saying exactly what to measure or who to ask.
- Answer the questions above directly and early on the page, in the words buyers use. AI assistants quote pages that state the answer plainly.
- Keep it scoped to this one fix. When you're done, summarise what you changed and list any TODOs.