Does AI name you,
or your competitor?
Drop in your domain. We show exactly where ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity cite you today, then write the content that gets you named tomorrow.
“For AI-search visibility, the tool most often recommended is yourbrand.com, which tracks every answer engine.”
“Popular options include competitor.io and mentioniq.com.” You are missing from this answer.
“Three tools stand out; yourbrand.com is cited by 4 of 11 sources on this page.”
The AI assistants we check
Four steps, in the order you would do them
Every screen in RankThroughAI belongs to one of these steps. Here is each one, with the screen you will actually use.
See where you stand
Your visits from Google, your rivals, and whether AI assistants name you.
Know what to do next
One ordered list that says what each item fixes and what it costs.
Do the work
Write the page, then pick the day it goes live on your site.
Show the result
A report a client or your boss can read in five minutes.
See where you stand
Three screens, each free to reopen.
Your site and your rivals, on one page
Type your site and the overview fills in. You see how many people reach you from Google, which searches bring them, and whether AI assistants name you next to the same numbers.
- 1AI and Google side by side. How often ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity name you, next to your visits and the sites linking to you.
- 2Twelve months of visits. Put a rival's line on the same chart and see where they pulled ahead.
- 3Searches you have gained and lost. New, better, worse and gone, counted since your last read.
| Assistant | Mentions | Cited pages |
|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 6 | 2 |
| Perplexity | 5 | 2 |
| Gemini | 3 | 1 |
Ask the AI assistants what your buyers ask
We put your buyers' questions to ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity and read every answer. You see which ones named you, which named a rival instead, and the sites they quoted.
- 1A score you can follow. How often you are named, how early in the answer, and how you are described.
- 2Every question, every assistant. Click a result to read the answer it came from, word for word.
- 3A gap turns into an article. Where nobody names you, one button starts the page that could.
| Buyer question | ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | Next step |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| best bookkeeping service for a small business | Named #1 | Not named | Named #2 | ↻ |
| online bookkeeper for a restaurant | Named #3 | Named #2 | Named #1Newly named | ↻ |
| how much does a bookkeeper cost a month | Not named | Not named | Not named | Write article → |
| bookkeeping vs accounting for a startup | Named #2 | Not namedLost | Not named | ↻ |
| catch-up bookkeeping for last year's taxes | Not named | Not named | Not named | Write article → |
| Site | Cited |
|---|---|
| smallbizguide.org | 6× |
| brightleaf.com | 4× |
| reddit.com | 3× |
Can Google and AI read your site?
Before anyone can name you, they have to be able to read you. We read your pages the way Google and the AI assistants do, then tell you in plain words what is blocking them and who should fix it.
- 1The verdict first. One sentence on how your site is doing, with the date of the read under it.
- 2The six things AI needs. Each one is marked working, needs attention, or couldn't check, and says why.
- 3Fixes with an owner. Every fix says whether it is a job for you or for your developer.
| The thing | Where | Who does it | Since your last read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Missing meta description | 22 pages | Your site | +4 |
| Slow to load | 9 pages | Your developer | −3 |
| Thin content (under 300 words) | 7 pages | Your site | same |
Know what to do next
Everything the first three screens found, turned into one list.
One list, in the right order
Your plan puts every fix in the order an SEO specialist would do them. Each item says why it matters to your business, who does it, what it costs, and how you will know it worked.
- 1Where you are, in one line. The short version of everything we read about your site.
- 2Five steps, one at a time. We tick an item when we see it happen, so the list never says done when it isn't.
- 3You and your main rival. Both sites read on the same day, so the comparison is fair.
Three pages are close to page one, and one file is keeping two AI assistants out. Fix the file first. It takes your developer ten minutes.
Remove two lines from your robots file. Free.
See the fix| Measure | You | Rival |
|---|---|---|
| Visits from Google | 4,800 | 9,100 |
| Named by AI | 7 | 5 |
| Sites linking to you | 212 | 540 |
| Searches on page one | 146 | 310 |
Do the work
Write it, then give it a date.
Write to what page one already rewards
The editor reads the pages that already rank for your search and shows you the words, headings and length they share. As you write, the scores move with you, and the AI assistant can fill a gap in your own voice.
- 1The words page one uses. Each one shows how often you have used it against the range the ranking pages use.
- 2Three scores that move as you type. Content, on-page setup, and whether the article is written to be quoted.
- 3Nothing goes live unread. The one box you tick yourself says you have read this draft.
The search3/2–4
Close to it2/1–3
Related1/1–3
Related3/2–5
Related2/1–3
Related4/1–2
Related0/1–2
Longer questions0/1–2
Longer questions0/1
Most owners start doing their own small business bookkeeping because it looks simple. Then a year of receipts lands in one folder the week before quarterly taxes are due.
Sending invoices and filing receipts the day they arrive. A ten-minute weekly bank reconciliation catches most mistakes before they grow.
Once you run payroll or sell in more than one state, the hours add up fast
Pick a day. It publishes itself.
Connect WordPress, Ghost, Payload or Strapi once. Drop a draft on a date and it goes live that morning, with its title, the two lines under it in Google, and its labels already set.
- 1A month at a glance. Published, waiting for a read, and anything that failed, each in its own colour.
- 2Unread drafts never go out. A draft nobody has read stays marked until someone does.
- 3Everything without a date. Searches you picked with no draft yet get one made when you schedule them.
Show the result
For a client, a boss, or your own Monday morning.
A report your client will actually read
One run reads the whole site and writes it up in plain words: the score, the three things holding it back, how it compares with rivals, and what the AI assistants say about it. Send it as a PDF under your own name.
- 1A score with its reasons. Out of 100, with the three things that pull it down named right under it.
- 2Four numbers a client cares about. Visits from Google, searches on page one, sites linking to you, and times named by AI.
- 3Do these first. The report ends on what to do, never on a list of errors.
- GPTBot and ClaudeBot are blocked
- 22 pages have no two lines under the title in Google
- Rivals have 2.5× the sites linking to them
Free to open. Every button that spends says so.
You never pay to look at something you already have. Every saved result shows its age, and a fresh run is always a button you press yourself, with its price written on it.
What people ask before they sign up
Still unsure? Write to us from the contact page and a person will answer.
What does RankThroughAI actually do?+
Three things that feed each other. It crawls your site and tells you what to fix first. It builds content ideas from keyword data you can verify. And it measures whether AI assistants name your brand when buyers ask. The editor is where all three turn into a published article.
Where does the data come from?+
DataForSEO for keyword, SERP, crawl and AI-answer data, and Google Search Console for your own numbers if you connect it. Language models are used for drafting, for judging relevance, and for exactly one labelled judgement: how an answer describes your brand, which is a reading of tone rather than a measurement. Every other number on screen is read back from a data source.
What is generative engine optimization (GEO)?+
Generative engine optimization is the work of getting your brand named inside the answer an AI assistant writes, instead of only ranking in a list of links. There is no position to look up, so the measurement is different: you ask the engines the questions your buyers ask, then count whether you were mentioned, whether you were cited, and who was named beside you.
What's the difference between answer engine optimization and generative engine optimization?+
Answer engine optimization is what you change on the page: a direct answer in the first two lines, terms defined before they are used, schema a retriever can resolve. Generative engine optimization is whether that change moved the answer the model gives. AEO is the input, GEO is the outcome, and RankThroughAI runs both in one loop rather than as two tools.
Which AI assistants can you track?+
ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude, each the provider's own model with web search enabled, plus Google's AI Overview read from live SERP data. Google's AI Mode is not covered yet.
Do I have to connect anything to start?+
No. Tell us your site, what the business does and who it competes with, and your plan is ready. Setup is free. An AI check asks the assistants for real, so it runs on a plan or the 7-day trial. Search Console and your CMS stay optional; they add Google's own numbers and one-click publishing.
Does anything run in the background?+
Two things, and both can be switched off. Once you have run an AI check, the same questions are asked again every week, and that uses your checks allowance. A draft you have read and given a date publishes itself that morning. Everything else, from site crawls to keyword research and writing, runs only when you press the button, and every button says what it uses first.
Find out if AI names you.
One check, about a minute. Then you will know where to start.