Week 1
Map
Build the buyer-question set, competitor list, and baseline answer table across priority AI surfaces.
Answerproof sample
What the audit actually looks like.
This sample uses a public category query, not a private client. The point is to show the shape of the deliverable: buyer question, cited domains, source trail, interpretation, and a 30-day action plan.
$ query
Buyer question tested
What are the best AI visibility tools for B2B SaaS companies?
Live DataForSEO LLM Responses run, ChatGPT surface, United States. DataForSEO reported cost for this sample run was about $0.03.
$ citations
| Rank | Cited domain | What it means | Example source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gracker.ai | Tool and category-content pages are shaping the AI answer. | AI visibility tools page |
| 2 | microlaunch.net | Third-party product launches can become citation surfaces. | GrackerAI launch page |
| 3 | tryprofound.com | Direct product homepages can still appear when the entity is clear. | Profound homepage |
| 4 | insightplatforms.com | Directory and analyst-style pages influence vendor shortlists. | Scrunch AI listing |
| 5 | toolpilot.ai | Generic tool directories can enter the answer path. | Writesonic listing |
$ interpretation
What showed up
- AI answers blended product pages, launch pages, directories, and comparison content.
- Third-party sources mattered, not just vendor-owned pages.
- The answer favored pages that already explained the category in buyer language.
What I would check next
- Whether the same vendors appear across Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI surfaces.
- Which source types repeat across high-intent buyer questions.
- Where a target company is absent despite having strong SEO pages.
$ 30-day plan
Week 2
Trace
Identify which owned pages, third-party pages, directories, and comparison assets drive citations.
Weeks 3-4
Fix
Prioritize entity consistency, answer-first pages, comparison content, schema, and third-party citation targets.
$ ask
If this is the kind of evidence you want for your category, send me your site and three competitors. I will tell you whether the first diagnostic is worth running.
Send me your category