What the assistants searched
Getting recommended instead of a competitor 2026-10-22 04:31 · search track only, from the stored answers · pool the last 7 runs · JSON
80/80answers searched
149searches
147distinct queries
22%from prompt
28%prompt kept
Top queries
Queries counted together whatever their case, quotes or spacing. Cheap Seats's sites: searches whose results included a page on one of them. Competitors: named in a result's title, or its site. Named Cheap Seats: of the graded answers that ran the query, those that named Cheap Seats.
| Query | Prompts | Answers | Cheap Seats's sites | Competitors in results | Named Cheap Seats |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| answer engine optimization B2B SaaS content strategy 2026 | 9 | 2 | 0/2 | 0/2 | |
| schema markup structured data AI Overviews citations study 2026 | 15 | 2 | 0/2 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×2 | 0/2 |
| '24 hours' | 19 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI brand visibility tool analyze sources citations competitor recommendations Profound Peec AI | Google Search Central AI features website best practices AI Overviews | OpenAI ChatGPT search ranking factors no guarantee top placement +Peec AI +Profound | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI brand visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch 2026 +Peec AI +Profound | 6 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity most cited websites | Ahrefs AI citations most cited domains Reddit YouTube Wikipedia 2025 2026 +Ahrefs Brand Radar | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity Reddit LinkedIn | Ahrefs most cited domains AI search 2025 2026 third party sources +Ahrefs Brand Radar | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | Ahrefs Brand Radar ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI search citations Reddit review sites listicles strategy GEO 2026 | 12 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI search visibility quick wins GEO 2026 brand ChatGPT citations | 17 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI search visibility tool "search results" "fanout" retrievability | site.usehall.com search results query fan out | site.tryprofound.com "search results" "Query" +Profound | 13 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI search visibility tools brand mentions ChatGPT competitor 2026 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI search visibility tools brand sentiment ChatGPT Perplexity monitoring 2026 | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI search visibility tools brand sentiment LLM answers 2026 Profound Peec Scrunch +Peec AI +Profound | 4 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI search visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026 +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI search visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch comparison 2026 +Peec AI +Profound | 9 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI visibility monitoring tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI 2026 +Peec AI +Profound | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI visibility tools citation source tracking Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit 2026 +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit | 12 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI visibility tools content recommendations GEO optimization 2026 | 20 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI visibility tools content recommendations GEO optimization 2026 Profound AirOps Scrunch +Profound | 20 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI visibility tools content recommendations Profound Scrunch AirOps actionable content optimization | AthenaHQ AI visibility content optimization recommendations Peec +Peec AI +Profound | 20 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI visibility tools track citations ChatGPT Perplexity sources Profound Peec AI Semrush 2026 +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit | 12 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI visibility tracking tools 2026 Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit comparison +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit | 17 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI visibility tracking tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI +Peec AI +Profound | 7 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI visibility tracking tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI 2026 +Peec AI +Profound | 3 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026 +Otterly.AI +Peec AI +Profound | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch comparison 2026 +Peec AI +Profound | 16 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit comparison 2026 +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit | 9 | 1 | 0/1 | Semrush AI Toolkit ×1 | 0/1 |
| AthenaHQ Action Center Peec AI actions Profound agents content recommendations AI search +Peec AI +Profound | 20 | 1 | 0/1 | Peec AI ×1 Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| B2B software AI citations third-party review sites G2 Capterra LinkedIn YouTube LLM visibility study | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| B2B software citations LLM G2 Reddit review sites AI visibility study | 11 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| best AI visibility tracking tools 2026 Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit +Peec AI +Profound +Semrush AI Toolkit | 17 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| best AI visibility tracking tools LLM brand mentions ChatGPT 2026 | 2 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| best generative engine optimization tools actionable recommendations content gaps 2026 | 20 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| ChatGPT ads advertisers sponsored recommendations 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| ChatGPT ads launch advertisers 2026 | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| ChatGPT search Bing index freshness OAI-SearchBot Perplexity PerplexityBot indexing speed | 19 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| ChatGPT search schema markup JSON-LD LLM crawlers read structured data experiment | 15 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| Claude web search uses Brave Search index; ChatGPT search Bing sources citations | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | Profound ×1 | 0/1 |
| Common Crawl Wikipedia brand mentions AI model knowledge parametric memory marketing | 6 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| comparison pages AI search citations ChatGPT Perplexity study 2026 | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| comparison pages AI search visibility ChatGPT citations study 2026 | 8 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| documentation for AI assistants llms.txt MCP developer tools generative engine optimization 2026 | 10 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| does ChatGPT search use schema markup structured data LLM citations evidence | 15 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 brand accuracy ChatGPT | 16 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 ChatGPT brand mentions | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| generative engine optimization ChatGPT brand visibility tools 2026 | 1 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| generative engine optimization developer tools documentation get recommended by ChatGPT Claude | 10 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| generative engine optimization how to get brand cited by ChatGPT Claude 2026 | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | Dageno AI ×1 | 0/1 |
| generative engine optimization how to get brand mentioned in ChatGPT Claude answers 2026 | 5 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 | |
| generative engine optimization prioritize fixes AI assistants describe brand accurately 2026 | 16 | 1 | 0/1 | 0/1 |
Showing the 50 run by the most answers; 97 more in the JSON.
Names the assistants added
Searches that named a product the prompt hadn't: the assistant added it to the search.
| Name | Searches | Answers | Prompts | For example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Profound | 29 | 26 | 13 | “site.profound.com AI visibility prompt citations competitors | site.otterly.ai AI search monitoring citations brand competitors | site.platform.openai.com docs web search citations responses sources”; “AI brand visibility tool analyze sources citations competitor recommendations Profound Peec AI | Google Search Central AI features website best practices AI Overviews | OpenAI ChatGPT search ranking factors no guarantee top placement”; “AI visibility tracking tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI 2026” |
| Peec AI | 22 | 22 | 12 | “AI brand visibility tool analyze sources citations competitor recommendations Profound Peec AI | Google Search Central AI features website best practices AI Overviews | OpenAI ChatGPT search ranking factors no guarantee top placement”; “AI visibility tracking tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI 2026”; “AI visibility monitoring tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI 2026” |
| Ahrefs Brand Radar | 11 | 8 | 6 | “sitedevelopers.google.com search AI features your website helpful content AI overview | site:help.openai.com publishers product discovery ChatGPT search shopping | site:ahrefs.com AI brand monitoring sentiment citations objections”; “site.bing.com webmaster AI Performance citations dashboard | site.google.com search central AI features no special optimization schema llms txt | site.ahrefs.com brand radar ChatGPT Claude tracking”; “site.bing.com webmaster AI Performance comparison content citations AI answers | site.developers.google.com search AI features website content best practices | site.ahrefs.com comparison pages AI citations research” |
| Semrush AI Toolkit | 8 | 8 | 5 | “AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit comparison 2026”; “site.semrush.com AI citations study G2 review sites 2026 | site.ahrefs.com/blog AI citations YouTube LinkedIn listicles 2026 | site.tryprofound.com LinkedIn cited domains 2026”; “AI visibility tools citation source tracking Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit 2026” |
| Otterly.AI | 4 | 4 | 3 | “site.profound.com AI visibility prompt citations competitors | site.otterly.ai AI search monitoring citations brand competitors | site.platform.openai.com docs web search citations responses sources”; “AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026”; “AI search visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026” |
How the prompts were rewritten
Words compared without stopwords, plurals folded. From prompt is the share of a search's words that were in its prompt; prompt kept, the share of the prompt's words still in the search.
Added
The vocabulary the assistants search with.
| Word | Searches | Prompts |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 71 | 20 |
| citations | 54 | 18 |
| search | 53 | 16 |
| chatgpt | 40 | 12 |
| oai-searchbot | 31 | 13 |
| optimization | 30 | 14 |
| visibility | 30 | 13 |
| brand | 30 | 10 |
| tools | 29 | 12 |
| features | 24 | 12 |
| publishers | 24 | 12 |
| website | 23 | 14 |
| engine | 23 | 13 |
| webmaster | 23 | 13 |
| generative | 21 | 12 |
| site.bing.com | 19 | 11 |
| performance | 18 | 10 |
| site.developers.google.com | 18 | 10 |
| study | 18 | 7 |
| sources | 17 | 9 |
| recommendations | 16 | 4 |
| tracking | 15 | 10 |
| llm | 15 | 9 |
| overviews | 14 | 6 |
| geo | 13 | 8 |
Dropped
Prompt words the searches left out.
| Word | Searches | Prompts |
|---|---|---|
| product | 46 | 8 |
| assistant | 44 | 7 |
| answers | 32 | 5 |
| ai | 26 | 13 |
| sites | 25 | 4 |
| change | 25 | 3 |
| say | 24 | 3 |
| help | 18 | 2 |
| gets | 16 | 2 |
| competitor | 15 | 2 |
| keeps | 15 | 2 |
| visibility | 14 | 4 |
| recommend | 14 | 2 |
| write | 14 | 2 |
| content | 13 | 4 |
| search | 13 | 4 |
| find | 13 | 2 |
| mention | 13 | 2 |
| cited | 12 | 2 |
| engine | 12 | 2 |
| chatgpt | 10 | 4 |
| tool | 10 | 2 |
| create | 10 | 1 |
| rank | 10 | 1 |
| tell | 10 | 1 |
Add as prompt
Queries whose results named competitors and never reached Cheap Seats's sites. To measure one as a prompt of its own, paste its entry into the set's file in the config repo and reword it as the question a buyer would ask; prompt ids are permanent, so pick one you'll keep.
“schema markup structured data AI Overviews citations study 2026” — 2 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "schema-markup-structured-data-ai" text = "schema markup structured data AI Overviews citations study 2026"
“AI brand visibility tool analyze sources citations competitor recommendations Profound Peec AI” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Peec AI, Profound
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ai-brand-visibility-tool-analyze" text = "AI brand visibility tool analyze sources citations competitor recommendations Profound Peec AI"
“Google Search Central AI features website best practices AI Overviews” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Peec AI, Profound
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "google-search-central-ai-features" text = "Google Search Central AI features website best practices AI Overviews"
“OpenAI ChatGPT search ranking factors no guarantee top placement” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar, Peec AI, Profound
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "openai-chatgpt-search-ranking-factors" text = "OpenAI ChatGPT search ranking factors no guarantee top placement"
“AI brand visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch 2026” — 1 answers · Peec AI, Profound
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ai-brand-visibility-tracking-tools" text = "AI brand visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch 2026"
“AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity most cited websites” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ai-search-citation-domains-study" text = "AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity most cited websites"
“Ahrefs AI citations most cited domains Reddit YouTube Wikipedia 2025 2026” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ahrefs-ai-citations-cited-domains" text = "Ahrefs AI citations most cited domains Reddit YouTube Wikipedia 2025 2026"
“AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity Reddit LinkedIn” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ai-search-citation-domains-study-2" text = "AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity Reddit LinkedIn"
“Ahrefs most cited domains AI search 2025 2026 third party sources” — 1 answers · Ahrefs Brand Radar
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ahrefs-cited-domains-ai-search" text = "Ahrefs most cited domains AI search 2025 2026 third party sources"
“AI search visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026” — 1 answers · Profound
Append to prompt-sets/fix-ai-recommendations.toml:
[[prompts]] id = "ai-search-visibility-tracking-tools" text = "AI search visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026"
Prompt by prompt
1. ChatGPT keeps recommending our competitor instead of us. What can we actually do about it? — 8 queries
- ChatGPT ads advertisers sponsored recommendations 2026 ×1
- generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 ChatGPT brand mentions ×1
- generative engine optimization ChatGPT brand visibility tools 2026 ×1
- how ChatGPT chooses which brands to recommend sources citations study 2026 ×1
- site.help.openai.com publishers ChatGPT search OAI-SearchBot recommendations | site.openai.com ChatGPT shopping product recommendations merchants | site.bing.com webmaster guidelines AI search content recommendations ×1
- site.help.openai.com publishers ChatGPT search OAI-SearchBot recommendations | site.openai.com ChatGPT shopping products ranking merchants recommendations ×1
- site.platform.openai.com/docs/bots OAI-SearchBot GPTBot independently | site.help.openai.com "no way to guarantee" "placement" search ×1
- site.platform.openai.com/docs/bots OAI-SearchBot GPTBot independently | site.help.openai.com ChatGPT search no guarantee top placement ×1
Added: 2026 ×4 oai-searchbot ×4 search ×4 site.help.openai.com ×4 recommendations ×3 ai ×2 bots ×2 brand ×2
Dropped: actually ×8 competitor ×8 instead ×8 keeps ×8 recommending ×8 chatgpt ×1
2. How can I find out why an AI assistant prefers a competitor's product over ours? — 6 queries
- AI brand visibility tool analyze sources citations competitor recommendations Profound Peec AI | Google Search Central AI features website best practices AI Overviews | OpenAI ChatGPT search ranking factors no guarantee top placement ×1
- AI search visibility tools brand mentions ChatGPT competitor 2026 ×1
- best AI visibility tracking tools LLM brand mentions ChatGPT 2026 ×1
- how LLMs choose which brands to recommend citation sources GEO research ×1
- site.profound.com AI visibility prompt citations competitors | site.otterly.ai AI search monitoring citations brand competitors | site.platform.openai.com docs web search citations responses sources ×1
- why does ChatGPT recommend competitor generative engine optimization citation sources analysis ×1
Added: brand ×4 chatgpt ×4 sources ×4 visibility ×4 competitor ×3 search ×3 2026 ×2 best ×2
Dropped: assistant ×6 competitor's ×6 find ×6 ours ×6 out ×6 over ×6 prefers ×6 product ×6
3. ChatGPT gets our features and pricing wrong. How do we correct what AI assistants say about our product? — 9 queries
- AI visibility monitoring tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI 2026 ×1
- AI visibility tracking tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI 2026 ×1
- how to correct ChatGPT wrong information about your product pricing GEO 2026 ×1
- how to correct ChatGPT wrong information about your product pricing generative engine optimization 2026 ×1
- llms.txt adoption OpenAI OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search crawler allow robots.txt ×1
- site.developers.google.com/search AI features website no special schema llms.txt | site.platform.openai.com/docs/bots OAI-SearchBot GPTBot independent controls ×1
- site.help.openai.com thumbs down report incorrect response ChatGPT | site.developers.google.com search AI features website no special optimization | site.indexnow.org documentation content changes search engines ×1
- site.openai.com publishers ChatGPT search OAI-SearchBot outdated information | site.help.openai.com ChatGPT search wrong answers feedback | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance content AI answers ×1
- site.openai.com publishers FAQ ChatGPT search OAI-SearchBot correct information website | site.help.openai.com ChatGPT report incorrect response feedback search | site.bing.com webmaster tools AI Performance citations ×1
Added: search ×5 2026 ×4 information ×4 oai-searchbot ×4 site.help.openai.com ×3 tools ×3 website ×3 brand ×2
Dropped: assistants ×9 gets ×9 say ×9 features ×7 pricing ×7 product ×7 correct ×6 wrong ×6
4. AI assistants mention our product but add caveats that steer buyers away. How do we address the objections they raise? — 6 queries
- AI search visibility tools brand sentiment ChatGPT Perplexity monitoring 2026 ×1
- AI search visibility tools brand sentiment LLM answers 2026 Profound Peec Scrunch ×1
- how to fix negative caveats ChatGPT says about your brand generative engine optimization sources citations ×1
- how to fix negative caveats LLM answers about your brand generative engine optimization sources ×1
- site developers.google.com search AI features website guidance AI overviews | site openai.com publishers search ChatGPT crawling OAI-SearchBot | site g2.com AI search buyer reviews citations research 2025 2026 ×1
- sitedevelopers.google.com search AI features your website helpful content AI overview | site:help.openai.com publishers product discovery ChatGPT search shopping | site:ahrefs.com AI brand monitoring sentiment citations objections ×1
Added: brand ×5 chatgpt ×4 search ×4 2026 ×3 citations ×3 sentiment ×3 answers ×2 engine ×2
Dropped: add ×6 address ×6 assistants ×6 away ×6 mention ×6 raise ×6 steer ×6 buyers ×5
5. How do I get my product mentioned in Claude's and ChatGPT's answers? — 9 queries
- AI search visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026 ×1
- AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Otterly comparison 2026 ×1
- ChatGPT ads launch advertisers 2026 ×1
- Claude web search uses Brave Search index; ChatGPT search Bing sources citations ×1
- generative engine optimization how to get brand cited by ChatGPT Claude 2026 ×1
- generative engine optimization how to get brand mentioned in ChatGPT Claude answers 2026 ×1
- site.bing.com webmaster AI Performance citations dashboard | site.google.com search central AI features no special optimization schema llms txt | site.ahrefs.com brand radar ChatGPT Claude tracking ×1
- site.openai.com publishers ChatGPT search OAI-SearchBot product discoverability shopping | site.anthropic.com Claude search web crawler Claude-SearchBot robots ×1
- site.openai.com publishers OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search ranking inclusion | site.anthropic.com Claude search bot Claude-SearchBot website | site.help.openai.com shopping product discovery ChatGPT merchants ×1
Added: chatgpt ×7 claude ×6 2026 ×5 search ×5 brand ×3 optimization ×3 tracking ×3 citations ×2
Dropped: chatgpt's ×9 claude's ×9 answers ×8 mentioned ×8 product ×7
6. How do we change what an AI model says about us from its training data, not just what it finds when it searches the web? — 7 queries
- AI brand visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch 2026 ×1
- Common Crawl Wikipedia brand mentions AI model knowledge parametric memory marketing ×1
- influence LLM training data brand perception Common Crawl Wikipedia 2026 ×1
- influence LLM training data brand perception generative engine optimization 2026 ×1
- site.anthropic.com site:support.claude.com ClaudeBot Claude-SearchBot training search | site.cloud.google.com vertex ai tuning model only tuned model base model | site.platform.openai.com GPTBot OAI-SearchBot training robots ×1
- site.openai.com publishers partnerships training content models | site.help.openai.com improving model behavior feedback incorrect information company | site.anthropic.com training data web crawlers partnerships ×1
- site.openai.com training data improve models public web content GPTBot | site.anthropic.com correcting information model training data knowledge cutoff | site.platform.openai.com fine tuning knowledge facts retrieval ×1
Added: brand ×4 2026 ×3 site.anthropic.com ×3 common ×2 content ×2 crawl ×2 gptbot ×2 influence ×2
Dropped: change ×7 finds ×7 says ×7 searches ×7 web ×5 ai ×4 data ×3 model ×3
7. What kind of content makes AI assistants more likely to recommend a product? — 7 queries
- AI visibility tracking tools brand mentions ChatGPT Perplexity Profound Peec AI ×1
- GEO: Generative Engine Optimization Aggarwal arxiv statistics quotations citations visibility 40% ×1
- LLM brand visibility tools Profound Peec AI track mentions ChatGPT Perplexity ×1
- generative engine optimization research what content gets cited by AI assistants 2026 ×1
- generative engine optimization research what content gets cited by ChatGPT AI Overviews 2026 ×1
- sitedevelopers.google.com search AI features website content best practices AI Overviews | site:help.openai.com shopping ChatGPT product recommendations merchants | site:bing.com webmaster AI search content citations guidelines ×1
- sitedevelopers.google.com search AI features website content best practices | site:openai.com merchants product discovery ChatGPT shopping recommendations | generative engine optimization research citations statistics authoritative sources GEO paper ×1
Added: chatgpt ×5 engine ×4 generative ×4 optimization ×4 citations ×3 research ×3 visibility ×3 2026 ×2
Dropped: kind ×7 likely ×7 makes ×7 recommend ×7 assistants ×6 product ×5 content ×3 ai ×1
8. Do comparison pages help a product show up in AI answers? — 8 queries
- "vs" pages "alternatives" pages LLM citations generative engine optimization data ×1
- "vs" pages "alternatives" pages LLM visibility generative engine optimization data ×1
- comparison pages AI search citations ChatGPT Perplexity study 2026 ×1
- comparison pages AI search visibility ChatGPT citations study 2026 ×1
- site.bing.com "comparisons" "AI" "content" webmaster guidelines | site.ahrefs.com/blog "comparison" "AI" "pages" citations ×1
- site.bing.com webmaster AI Performance comparison content citations AI answers | site.developers.google.com search AI features website content best practices | site.ahrefs.com comparison pages AI citations research ×1
- site.bing.com webmaster AI search comparison pages citations content | site.developers.google.com search AI features content best practices | site.openai.com publishers search ChatGPT OAI-SearchBot ×1
- study which content types get cited by AI assistants listicles comparison pages share of citations ×1
Added: citations ×7 content ×4 search ×4 chatgpt ×3 site.bing.com ×3 study ×3 webmaster ×3 2026 ×2
Dropped: help ×8 product ×8 show ×8 up ×8 answers ×7 ai ×2 comparison ×2
9. What does an answer engine optimization content strategy look like for a B2B SaaS company? — 5 queries
- answer engine optimization B2B SaaS content strategy 2026 ×2
- AI search visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch comparison 2026 ×1
- AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit comparison 2026 ×1
- site.developers.google.com search AI features website SEO AI Overviews AI Mode | site.bing.com webmaster AI Performance citations February 2026 | site.openai.com publishers search OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search ×1
- site.developers.google.com search AI features website SEO AI Overviews AI Mode | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance citations AI search | site.openai.com publishers search ChatGPT OAI-SearchBot ×1
Added: 2026 ×5 search ×3 ai ×2 chatgpt ×2 citations ×2 comparison ×2 features ×2 mode ×2
Dropped: company ×6 look ×6 answer ×4 b2b ×4 content ×4 engine ×4 optimization ×4 saas ×4
10. How should we write and structure our documentation so AI assistants recommend our developer tool? — 7 queries
- MCP server documentation Context7 docs for coding agents 2026 ×1
- documentation for AI assistants llms.txt MCP developer tools generative engine optimization 2026 ×1
- generative engine optimization developer tools documentation get recommended by ChatGPT Claude ×1
- llms.txt adoption developer documentation AI assistants 2026 ×1
- llms.txt adoption evidence AI crawlers actually use 2026 ×1
- site developers.google.com search AI features website structured data | site platform.openai.com docs bots OAI-SearchBot | site docs.anthropic.com llms.txt documentation ×1
- site.platform.openai.com docs bots OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search publishers | site.developers.google.com search AI features your website structured data | site.bing.com webmaster AI search content guidelines citations documentation ×1
Added: 2026 ×4 llms.txt ×4 docs ×3 adoption ×2 bots ×2 chatgpt ×2 data ×2 engine ×2
Dropped: recommend ×7 structure ×7 write ×7 assistants ×5 tool ×5 developer ×4 ai ×2 documentation ×1
11. Which third-party sites matter most for getting cited by AI search engines? — 8 queries
- AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity Reddit LinkedIn | Ahrefs most cited domains AI search 2025 2026 third party sources ×1
- AI search citation domains study 2026 ChatGPT Google AI Overviews Perplexity most cited websites | Ahrefs AI citations most cited domains Reddit YouTube Wikipedia 2025 2026 ×1
- B2B software AI citations third-party review sites G2 Capterra LinkedIn YouTube LLM visibility study ×1
- B2B software citations LLM G2 Reddit review sites AI visibility study ×1
- most cited domains AI search ChatGPT Perplexity Google AI Overviews study 2026 ×1
- most cited domains AI search ChatGPT Perplexity Google AI Overviews study 2026 Reddit Wikipedia G2 ×1
- site.ahrefs.com/blog most cited domains 2026 YouTube Reddit | site.tryprofound.com citation sources LinkedIn 2026 | site.meltwater.com/en/blog/ai-search-visibility-report-september-2026 ×1
- site.semrush.com AI citations study G2 review sites 2026 | site.ahrefs.com/blog AI citations YouTube LinkedIn listicles 2026 | site.tryprofound.com LinkedIn cited domains 2026 ×1
Added: study ×7 2026 ×6 domains ×6 reddit ×5 chatgpt ×4 g2 ×4 google ×4 linkedin ×4
Dropped: engines ×8 getting ×8 matter ×8 third-party ×7 sites ×5 search ×4 cited ×2 ai ×1
12. 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? — 7 queries
- AI search citations Reddit review sites listicles strategy GEO 2026 ×1
- AI visibility tools citation source tracking Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit 2026 ×1
- AI visibility tools track citations ChatGPT Perplexity sources Profound Peec AI Semrush 2026 ×1
- how to get cited in AI answers Reddit review sites listicles GEO strategy 2026 ×1
- site.reddit.com business spam policy authentic participation marketing | site.g2.com vendor get listed review guidelines incentivized reviews | site.developers.google.com search AI features best practices third party content ×1
- site.reddit.com reddit for business organic participation spam policy brand | site.g2.com vendor review guidelines incentivized reviews | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance citations February 2026 ×1
- site.support.reddithelp.com spam promotional content authentic participation business | site.developers.google.com search AI features website no special optimization | site.reddit.com pro business tools free keyword tracking reddit pro ×1
Added: 2026 ×5 business ×3 citations ×3 participation ×3 search ×3 site.reddit.com ×3 spam ×3 tools ×3
Dropped: category ×7 citing ×7 competitors ×7 keep ×7 mention ×7 threads ×7 answers ×6 listicles ×5
13. How can I see the web search results an AI assistant gets for a question before it writes its answer, to understand why we're missing? — 7 queries
- AI search visibility tool "search results" "fanout" retrievability | site.usehall.com search results query fan out | site.tryprofound.com "search results" "Query" ×1
- OpenAI responses API web search sources include action sources search results | Bing webmaster tools AI performance grounding queries citations | Profound query fan out search results AI visibility ×1
- OpenAI responses API web search sources include action sources search results | Perplexity search API raw ranked search results API | Bing webmaster tools AI performance citations grounding queries ×1
- Profound Peec AI Scrunch query fan-out citations AI search monitoring comparison ×1
- Profound vs Peec AI vs Scrunch query fan-out citations tracking ×1
- see search queries ChatGPT uses fan-out queries sources tool AI visibility 2026 ×1
- tool see ChatGPT web search queries and sources fan-out AI visibility 2026 ×1
Added: citations ×4 fan-out ×4 queries ×4 query ×4 sources ×4 visibility ×4 tool ×3 2026 ×2
Dropped: answer ×7 assistant ×7 before ×7 gets ×7 missing ×7 question ×7 understand ×7 writes ×7
14. Is llms.txt worth adding to our site for AI visibility? — 8 queries
- Google OpenAI Anthropic support llms.txt statement ×1
- llms.txt Google Bing OpenAI support AI visibility evidence 2026 | site.llmstxt.org llms.txt proposal | site.developers.google.com llms.txt AI search ×1
- llms.txt adoption 2026 Google OpenAI Anthropic crawlers use evidence ×1
- llms.txt adoption AI crawlers evidence 2026 ×1
- llms.txt study AI citations impact server logs ×1
- site.bing.com/webmasters/blog "AI Performance" | llms.txt study citations Ahrefs SE Ranking 2026 ×1
- site.developers.google.com llms.txt AI search | site.llmstxt.org llms.txt proposal | site.bing.com llms.txt AI ×1
- site.developers.google.com/search "llms.txt" "ignores" | site.ahrefs.com/blog llms.txt 137000 | site.bing.com/webmasters AI performance citations dashboard ×1
Added: 2026 ×4 citations ×3 evidence ×3 google ×3 openai ×3 search ×3 site.bing.com ×3 site.developers.google.com ×3
Dropped: adding ×8 site ×8 worth ×8 visibility ×7 ai ×2
15. Does structured data or schema markup help a site get cited in Google AI Overviews and ChatGPT search? — 9 queries
- schema markup structured data AI Overviews citations study 2026 ×2
- ChatGPT search schema markup JSON-LD LLM crawlers read structured data experiment ×1
- Google structured data AI features guidance "not required" AI Overviews Search Central ×1
- Google structured data not required AI features guidance John Mueller schema AI Mode ×1
- does ChatGPT search use schema markup structured data LLM citations evidence ×1
- site developers.google.com search AI features structured data no special schema | site help.openai.com publishers ChatGPT search structured data schema ×1
- site.developers.google.com/search AI features structured data no special schema | site.help.openai.com publishers websites ChatGPT search OAI-SearchBot ranking ×1
- site:help.openai.com "publishers" "OAI-SearchBot" | site:developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data "Rich Results Test" ×1
- site:help.openai.com "shopping" "structured" | site:help.openai.com "OAI-SearchBot" "ranking" ×1
Added: features ×4 citations ×3 help.openai.com ×3 oai-searchbot ×3 publishers ×3 2026 ×2 developers.google.com ×2 guidance ×2
Dropped: cited ×10 help ×10 google ×8 overviews ×7 site ×7 chatgpt ×6 markup ×6 ai ×4
16. How should we prioritize fixes to improve how AI assistants describe our product? — 6 queries
- AI visibility tracking tools Profound Peec AI Scrunch comparison 2026 ×1
- generative engine optimization AI visibility tools 2026 brand accuracy ChatGPT ×1
- generative engine optimization prioritize fixes AI assistants describe brand accurately 2026 ×1
- how LLMs cite sources study 2026 Reddit Wikipedia review sites brand mentions ×1
- site.openai.com publishers search crawler OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance citations | site.developers.google.com search AI features website structured data ×1
- site.platform.openai.com docs bots OAI-SearchBot search publisher | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance citations | site.developers.google.com search AI features website guidance ×1
Added: 2026 ×4 brand ×3 chatgpt ×2 citations ×2 engine ×2 features ×2 generative ×2 oai-searchbot ×2
Dropped: improve ×6 product ×6 assistants ×5 describe ×5 fixes ×5 prioritize ×5 ai ×1
17. What are the quickest wins for improving our brand's visibility in AI search? — 8 queries
- AI search visibility quick wins GEO 2026 brand ChatGPT citations ×1
- AI visibility tracking tools 2026 Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit comparison ×1
- best AI visibility tracking tools 2026 Profound Peec AI Semrush AI toolkit ×1
- generative engine optimization quick wins brand visibility ChatGPT AI Overviews 2026 ×1
- site.developers.google.com search AI features website best practices AI Overviews AI Mode | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance report citations AI search 2026 | site.platform.openai.com OAI-SearchBot publishers search visibility ×1
- site.help.openai.com publishers websites ChatGPT search OAI-SearchBot referral utm_source ×1
- site:help.openai.com "publishers" "OAI-SearchBot" | site:blogs.bing.com webmaster "AI Performance" 2026 | site:docs.perplexity.ai crawlers PerplexityBot ×1
- sitedevelopers.google.com search AI features website best practices AI Overviews AI Mode | site:help.openai.com publishers search OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT | site:bing.com webmaster AI performance citations dashboard ×1
Added: 2026 ×6 chatgpt ×4 oai-searchbot ×4 publishers ×4 best ×3 citations ×3 overviews ×3 performance ×3
Dropped: brand's ×8 improving ×8 quickest ×8 wins ×6 search ×4 visibility ×3 ai ×1
18. Who should own AI visibility work: SEO, content, product marketing or the docs team? — 4 queries
- site.developers.google.com search AI features SEO best practices AI search | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance citations dashboard | site.openai.com publishers search OAI-SearchBot ×1
- site.developers.google.com search AI features website SEO best practices | site.bing.com webmaster AI performance citations content visibility | site.platform.openai.com docs bots OAI-SearchBot publishers ×1
- who should own AI visibility GEO AEO in marketing org SEO content product marketing 2026 ×1
- who should own AI visibility GEO answer engine optimization SEO product marketing docs team 2026 ×1
Added: 2026 ×2 best ×2 citations ×2 features ×2 geo ×2 oai-searchbot ×2 performance ×2 practices ×2
Dropped: work ×4 team ×3 content ×2 docs ×2 marketing ×2 product ×2 visibility ×1
19. How long does it take for new content to change what ChatGPT and Perplexity say about us? — 8 queries
- '24 hours' ×1
- ChatGPT search Bing index freshness OAI-SearchBot Perplexity PerplexityBot indexing speed ×1
- how long for new content to appear in ChatGPT Perplexity answers AI search citation lag study 2026 ×1
- how long for new content to appear in ChatGPT search Perplexity citations indexing time GEO 2026 ×1
- site.help.openai.com ChatGPT search inclusion ranking guarantee ×1
- site.platform.openai.com OAI-SearchBot 24 hours robots.txt ChatGPT search | site.perplexity.ai help center PerplexityBot updated content indexing ×1
- site.platform.openai.com OAI-SearchBot how long search results crawl | site.perplexity.ai help center PerplexityBot updated content indexing ×1
- study time to citation AI search new page cited Perplexity ChatGPT days weeks ×1
Added: search ×7 indexing ×4 oai-searchbot ×3 perplexitybot ×3 2026 ×2 24 ×2 ai ×2 appear ×2
Dropped: change ×8 say ×8 take ×8 long ×5 new ×5 content ×4 perplexity ×4 chatgpt ×2
20. Which AI visibility tools tell you what content to create or change, not just where you rank? — 10 queries
- AI visibility tools content recommendations GEO optimization 2026 ×1
- AI visibility tools content recommendations GEO optimization 2026 Profound AirOps Scrunch ×1
- AI visibility tools content recommendations Profound Scrunch AirOps actionable content optimization | AthenaHQ AI visibility content optimization recommendations Peec ×1
- AthenaHQ Action Center Peec AI actions Profound agents content recommendations AI search ×1
- Profound AI visibility content recommendations Agents content optimization | Scrunch AI content recommendations optimization pages | AI visibility tools content recommendations Otterly Peec Athena ×1
- Profound vs Peec AI vs AirOps vs Scrunch actionable content recommendations AI search ×1
- Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit recommendations, Ahrefs Brand Radar, Writesonic GEO action center, Conductor AI content gap 2026 ×1
- best generative engine optimization tools actionable recommendations content gaps 2026 ×1
- site.airops.com "content" "recommendations" "Page360" | site.tryprofound.com agents content briefs optimize | site.athenahq.ai "Action Center" content | site.semrush.com "AI" "Content" "recommendations" "Visibility" ×1
- site.athenahq.ai action center content optimization recommendations | site.airops.com AI search visibility content recommendations page360 | site.writesonic.com AI visibility action center content recommendations ×1
Added: recommendations ×10 optimization ×6 2026 ×4 action ×4 center ×4 scrunch ×4 actionable ×3 agents ×3
Dropped: change ×10 create ×10 rank ×10 tell ×10 tools ×5 visibility ×3 ai ×1