Get Cited by AI
AI Visibility · AEO / GEO
Get cited by AI.
Not just listed.
Your buyers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Copilot and Google's AI Overviews for a shortlist before they ever open a search page. We put your brand inside that answer - on the pages the models already read.
Start here
What is AI visibility, and how do you get cited by AI?
AI visibility is how often AI assistants name and cite your brand when a buyer asks for the best tool in your category. You earn it through generative engine optimization (GEO), also called answer engine optimization (AEO): structuring pages so ChatGPT, Copilot, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews quote you as the answer, not just list you. In our study of 196,554 AI citations, the pages that won were comparisons and best-of guides, not product pages.
The difference
Most agencies promise citations. We show you the receipts.
Real Appscribed numbers from AI search engines over the last 91 days - not a projection. Read the full study →
Source: Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster data, May-Aug 2026. We report your slice of this in plain numbers, every month.
Why it matters
The shortlist is built inside the prompt - not the results page.
When a buyer asks an AI assistant for the best tool in your category, the model builds its answer from sources it trusts. If your brand isn't one of the cited options, you're not in the consideration set at all.
Appscribed is one of those trusted sources. A featured placement puts your brand - with a review, a comparison and a clean entity - exactly where the model looks.
The unit of citation
Engines don't cite articles. They extract one passage - and cite it.
When an AI engine answers a buyer's question, it doesn't read a page top to bottom. It retrieves one extractable passage, quotes it, and cites the page it came from. Being on a cited page isn't the edge. Being the passage is.
So the thing we engineer is the Citation Block: a 40-80 word passage where the buyer's exact prompt is the heading and your brand is the subject of the answer - your real capabilities, your real prices, mirrored in schema and kept stable so models keep re-retrieving it. When an engine quotes that passage, it cannot do so without saying your name.
One owner per prompt. An answer has one subject, so each prompt on each page carries exactly one vendor-anchored block. Once yours, that answer is yours until it lapses. That's the scarcity - and it's why blocks are the spine of every plan below.
How we do it
Four steps. Each one earns the next.
You can't rank in an answer the model can't parse, and you can't get recommended without the authority it weighs first. We run the whole sequence - on pages AI already cites.
Find your prompts
How often AI names you today, who owns each answer instead, and which prompts are winnable.
- Mention rate across 5 engines
- Share of voice vs top rivals
- Accuracy check on what AI says about you
- The winnable-prompt map
Own the passage
Citation Blocks built for your prompts, on the pages models already retrieve.
- Citation Blocks anchored on you
- Dedicated tool review
- Structured pricing & features
- Link back to your site
Own the comparison
The "X vs Y" and "best alternatives" pages AI leans on hardest.
- Head-to-head comparison
- Alternatives & "best-of" coverage
- Entity & category clarity
- Review & trust signals
Measure the capture
Which blocks got extracted and cited - plus referral in your own analytics.
- Monthly AI-citation report
- Block-level capture tracking
- UTM referral tracking
- Underperformers re-engineered
Why Appscribed
We're not optimizing your site. We're the source AI already reads.
PROOF Already cited, at scale
Agencies spend four to six months trying to make your properties citable. We build your presence on a domain the assistants cite ~2,200 times a day. You're in the answer faster because the trust is already built.
DATA Real buyer prompts
Every comparison, alternative and "best-of" page comes from the actual questions buyers ask in your category - 1,200+ tools of category and shortlist data - not a keyword tool guessing.
MEASURABLE You see what we send
Every referral carries utm_source=appscribed.com into your own analytics, and we report your AI-citation count monthly. You see the evidence every month, never just a promise.
COMPOUNDS Assets that keep earning
Citation Blocks, reviews and head-to-heads are exactly what answer engines extract and quote. Once live they keep pulling citations month after month, not a one-off campaign that fades.
Plans
Start with the truth. Then own the answers.
Every plan starts from your real numbers - where AI cites you today - and builds from there. Citation Blocks are the spine of all of them: the more you hold, the more answers are yours.
AI Visibility Audit
Your real AI presence, measured. The first honest step.
- ✓ Mention rate across 5 AI engines: 30 buyer prompts, multi-pass
- ✓ Share of voice vs your top 3 competitors
- ✓ Accuracy check: what AI gets wrong about you
- ✓ Source map: which pages power your category's answers
- ✓ The winnable-prompt map + 5 ranked fixes
Featured
Your brand in the answers, on the pages AI already cites.
- ✓ 3 Citation Blocks anchored on you
- ✓ Dedicated review - the page AI quotes about you
- ✓ One head-to-head comparison
- ✓ Featured across the hub + its guides
- ✓ Tracked link into your own analytics
- ✓ Monthly AI-citation report
Category Sponsor
Own your lane's prompt set. Limited seats per category.
- ✓ Everything in Featured
- ✓ 10 Citation Blocks across the cluster
- ✓ A vertical guide built and anchored on you
- ✓ Premium seat on the hub + every guide
- ✓ Second head-to-head comparison
- ✓ Quarterly refresh of all your assets
- ✓ Monthly share of voice vs named rivals
Category Exclusive
The category's default answer is you. One per category.
- ✓ Everything in Sponsor
- ✓ The category's head prompts answered with you as the subject
- ✓ Verdict feature on the hub
- ✓ Every high-intent comparison anchored on you
- ✓ Premium placements yours alone - sponsor seats close
- ✓ First right of renewal
| What's included | Audit | Featured | Sponsor | Exclusive |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AI Visibility Audit (5 engines, 30 prompts) | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Citation Blocks anchored on you | prompt map | 3 | 10 | head prompts |
| Dedicated review | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Head-to-head comparisons | × | 1 | 2 | all high-intent |
| Featured across hub + guides | × | ✓ | premium seat | all premium |
| Vertical guide anchored on you | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Tracked link into your analytics | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Monthly AI-citation report | × | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Share of voice vs named rivals, monthly | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Block-level capture tracking + re-engineering | × | × | ✓ | ✓ |
| Content refresh | × | annual | quarterly | quarterly |
| Rivals locked out of premium treatment | × | × | × | ✓ |
| Seats per category | open | open | limited | one |
| Commitment | one-time | annual | 3-mo min | 6-mo min |
Questions
The honest answers.
What exactly is a Citation Block?
A 40-80 word passage engineered for extraction: the buyer's exact question as the heading, your brand as the subject of the answer, your real capabilities and prices, mirrored in schema and kept stable. Engines answer by extracting one passage and citing the page - a block makes sure that when the passage is quoted, you're the name in it. Being GEO-optimized for you is not the same as appearing somewhere on a GEO-optimized page.
Why only one vendor per prompt?
An answer has one subject. Each prompt on each page carries exactly one vendor-anchored block, and it stays yours while your plan is active. That's real scarcity - when your lane's prompts are taken, they're taken.
Do you sell rankings or reviews?
No. The merit ranking is never for sale, and every review is scored independently on our rubric. Citation Blocks state verifiable facts - what you do, for whom, at what price - on prompts where you genuinely fit. That independence is exactly why engines trust these pages enough to quote them.
Can you guarantee we'll be cited?
The models decide, so no one can honestly guarantee a citation. What we do: engineer your blocks for extraction on pages already cited ~2,200 times a day, then measure - your monthly report shows which blocks got quoted, and on Sponsor and above, underperformers get re-engineered until they capture.
How is this different from an AEO agency?
An agency spends months trying to make your own domain citable, and sells you articles and retainers along the way. We already run pages engines cite thousands of times a day - you're buying position on them, with the passage engineered to name you. Same budget, but the answer engines already read our side of it.
What happens if I don't renew?
Your review stays - listings are never pay-to-play, and removing an honest review would gut the trust that makes this work. What lapses is the paid layer: featured treatment, your Citation Block ownership (those prompts reopen), refreshes and reports. Renewal exists because stale numbers get a block dropped by engines.
How fast is it live, and when do we see results?
Featured goes live in about a week, and referral shows in your analytics from day one. Citation capture builds as models re-crawl - typically visible in your monthly report within 60-90 days.
How do I get the Category Exclusive?
By conversation, in select categories only - one seat, six-month minimum, first right of renewal to the incumbent. If your category's seat is open, we'll tell you plainly; if it's held, Sponsor is the strongest seat available.
See where AI cites you today. Then get in the answer.
Start with a real audit of your category. If the numbers make the case, own the answer.