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# AI Visibility Tracking

> Monitor and analyze your brand mentions across AI platforms

## Overview

Track how often and where your brand appears in AI model responses across 6 major platforms. Visibility tracking helps you understand your AI presence and measure the impact of your content optimization efforts.

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  <Card title="Brand Mentions" icon="hashtag">
    Track frequency of brand citations
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  <Card title="Share of Voice" icon="chart-pie">
    Your mentions vs. competitors
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  <Card title="Ranking Position" icon="ranking-star">
    Where you appear in AI responses
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## AI Platforms Monitored

* **OpenAI** (ChatGPT): Most widely used consumer AI
* **Anthropic** (Claude): Popular in enterprise
* **Gemini**: Integrated across Google services
* **Perplexity**: AI-powered search and discovery

#### Coming Soon

* **xAI Grok**: Real-time information access
* **DeepSeek**: Advanced reasoning capabilities
* **Meta Llama**: Open-source models

## Key Metrics

### Visibility Score (0-100)

Measures how prominently your brand appears when AI models mention you.

**Calculation factors:**

* Mention frequency
* Position in responses
* Context quality
* Sentiment

### Presence Rate (0-100%)

Percentage of tracked prompts that mention your brand at all.

**Example:**

* 50 prompts tracked
* Brand mentioned in 15 responses
* Presence Rate: 30%

### Share of Voice

Your brand mentions as a percentage of total category mentions.

**Competitive benchmarking:**

* Compare against industry leaders
* Track trends over time
* Identify gaps and opportunities

## Visibility Reports

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### Daily Reports

* Real-time mention tracking
* Platform-by-platform breakdown
* Prompt performance analysis
* Trend indicators

### Weekly Summaries

* Week-over-week changes
* Top performing prompts
* New citations discovered
* Competitive insights

### Monthly Analysis

* Long-term trends
* Campaign impact measurement
* Content correlation
* Strategic recommendations

## Interpreting Your Results

### Strong Visibility (70-100)

Your brand is frequently cited with good positioning.

**Next steps:**

* Maintain current content quality
* Expand to adjacent topics
* Track competitor movements

### Moderate Visibility (40-69)

You're getting some mentions but inconsistently.

**Next steps:**

* Create more comprehensive content
* Optimize for specific prompts
* Improve citation authority

### Low Visibility (0-39)

Your brand is rarely or never mentioned.

**Next steps:**

* Build foundational content
* Focus on brand awareness
* Create citation-worthy resources

## Competitor Tracking

Compare your visibility against competitors:

* Add competitors in Knowledge Base → Competitors
* See side-by-side mention rates
* Identify where competitors outperform
* Discover gaps in your strategy
* Find unoccupied niches you can own

## Source Domains Analysis

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Track which domains drive AI visibility:

* Continuous tracking on all plans
* Historical data retention: Starter (3 months), Professional (12 months), Agency & Custom (unlimited)
* Annotation for content updates
* Export data for external analysis

## Platform-Specific Insights

Different AI platforms have different behaviors:

**ChatGPT:**

* Most conservative with citations
* Values authoritative sources
* Updated frequently with new training

**Claude:**

* Detailed, thoughtful responses
* Good at explaining reasoning
* Values comprehensive content

**Gemini:**

* Strong Google integration
* Favors recent content
* Good for real-time queries

**Perplexity:**

* Always provides cited sources
* Real-time web search integration
* Conversational follow-up questions

**Grok:**

* Access to real-time data
* More conversational tone
* Good for current events

## Taking Action on Insights

### For Zero-Mention Prompts

1. Create comprehensive content targeting that prompt
2. Ensure proper structured data
3. Build citation authority
4. Wait 2-4 weeks for AI model updates

### For Low-Ranking Mentions

1. Improve content depth and quality
2. Add more specific examples
3. Include expert insights
4. Build authoritative backlinks

### For High Performers

1. Create similar content for related prompts
2. Expand on successful topics
3. Update regularly to maintain position

## Advanced Features

### Citation Analysis

Understand not just mentions but context:

* Sentiment of mentions (positive/neutral/negative)
* Context in which you're cited
* Specific features or benefits highlighted
* Customer pain points addressed

### Prompt Performance Matrix

Visualize all prompts at once:

* X-axis: Mention rate
* Y-axis: Average position
* Size: Search volume estimate
* Color: Category or priority

## Integration Benefits

### With Google Analytics

* Correlate AI visibility with traffic
* Measure AI-referred conversions
* Identify high-value prompts

### With Google Search Console

* Compare traditional SEO with AEO
* Find synergies between channels
* Unified keyword strategy

## Reporting & Exports

**Available Reports:**

* Visibility summary (PDF)
* Prompt performance (CSV)
* Competitive analysis (PDF)
* Custom reports (Custom plan)

**Scheduling:**

* Daily email summaries
* Weekly team reports
* Monthly executive briefings

## Best Practices

<Check>Check visibility weekly, not daily</Check>
<Check>Focus on trends, not individual data points</Check>
<Check>Compare periods with similar content updates</Check>
<Check>Track competitors consistently</Check>
<Check>Correlate changes with content updates</Check>
<Check>Set realistic improvement targets (5-10% monthly)</Check>

## Common Questions

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  <Accordion title="How long before I see visibility changes?">
    * New content: 2-4 weeks for AI model updates
    * Content improvements: 1-2 weeks
    * Brand authority: 3-6 months

    AI models update regularly but not instantly.
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  <Accordion title="Why do results vary between platforms?">
    Each AI platform has:

    * Different training data cutoff dates
    * Unique algorithms and preferences
    * Varying update frequencies
    * Different use cases and users
  </Accordion>

  <Accordion title="Can I improve visibility without content?">
    Not significantly. AI visibility requires:

    * Quality content for models to reference
    * Authoritative sources citing you
    * Structured, accessible information

    Technical optimization helps, but content is king.
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</AccordionGroup>

## Next Steps

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  <Card title="Working with Prompts" icon="messages-question" href="/using-searchable/working-with-prompts">
    Create better prompts for tracking
  </Card>

  <Card title="Content Generation" icon="file-text" href="/using-searchable/content-generation">
    Generate AI-optimized content
  </Card>

  <Card title="Understanding Scores" icon="chart-simple" href="/using-searchable/understanding-scores">
    Improve your technical foundation
  </Card>

  <Card title="Site Audits" icon="magnifying-glass" href="/using-searchable/site-audits">
    Run comprehensive site audits
  </Card>
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