AEO Brand Visibility & ChatGPT Citation Tracker

Audit your brand's visibility, rankings, and citations across ChatGPT Search, Perplexity, and AI search engines. Generate automated llms.txt and Schema.org JSON-LD fixes to win AI recommendations.

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🔍 Why AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) in 2026?

With over 60% of commercial searches now happening within AI assistants (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews), traditional Google SEO rankings no longer guarantee traffic.

When buyers ask:

• "What is the best [product category] for beginners?"
• "Compare Brand A vs Brand B"
• "Which [category] has the highest durability?"

AI models synthesize answers from structured data, trusted review nodes (Reddit, Wirecutter), and accessible web crawlers. If your site blocks GPTBot or lacks machine-readable entity schemas, your brand is omitted from the answer while competitors capture 100% of the recommendations.

This Actor audits your brand across all critical Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) vectors in seconds.

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⚡ Key Features

1. AI Crawler & Robots.txt Verification:
   • Inspects permissions for GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended, and Amazon-Rufus.
   • Flags explicit disallow rules that render your product catalog invisible to AI search.
2. llms.txt & Knowledge Index Audit:
   • Detects and validates /.well-known/llms.txt following the official markdown standard.
   • Auto-generates a ready-to-deploy llms.txt customized with your verified brand specs.
3. Structured Data (Schema.org) Inspector:
   • Parses JSON-LD for Product, Organization, and Offers markup required by AI shopping engines to confirm pricing, stock, and manufacturer legitimacy.
4. Commercial Search Simulation & Share of Model (SoM):
   • Simulates high-intent buyer prompts across search-enabled engines.
   • Calculates recommendation share against category competitors.
5. Executable Remediation Package:
   • Delivers drop-in code snippets for llms.txt, robots.txt patches, and validated JSON-LD schemas.

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📥 Input Configuration

{
  "domain": "yourstore.com",
  "brandName": "Your Brand",
  "keywords": [
    "sustainable products",
    "eco essentials"
  ],
  "competitors": [
    "competitor-a.com",
    "competitor-b.com"
  ]
}

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📤 Output Dataset Format

The Actor pushes comprehensive, structured audit records directly to the Apify dataset:

{
  "domain": "yourstore.com",
  "brandName": "Your Brand",
  "overallAeoScore": 84,
  "grade": "B",
  "shareOfModelPct": 75,
  "aiCrawlScore": 100,
  "schemaScore": 85,
  "robotsTxt": {
    "present": true,
    "botDirectives": {
      "GPTBot": "Allowed",
      "ClaudeBot": "Allowed",
      "PerplexityBot": "Allowed"
    }
  },
  "llmsTxt": {
    "present": true,
    "url": "https://yourstore.com/.well-known/llms.txt"
  },
  "schemasDetected": ["Organization", "Product", "Offer"],
  "recommendedFixes": {
    "llmsTxtSnippet": "# Your Brand\n\n> Verified manufacturer of sustainable products..."
  }
}

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💰 Monetization & Pay-Per-Event (PPE)

This Actor is configured under Apify's Pay-Per-Event (PPE) model. Run on-demand or schedule recurring weekly audits via Apify API, Make, Zapier, or native webhooks to track client AI visibility over time.