Will ChatGPT and Perplexity cite your page?
Search is moving from ten blue links to one AI answer with a handful of cited sources. Paste your page below and get an instant AI search visibility score (GEO / AEO) plus a prioritized checklist of exactly what makes generative engines quote and trust a page: entity schema, answer-first content, FAQ markup, author signals, extractable structure and freshness.
Your AI search visibility score
Perfect GEO on a topic nobody asks AI about is wasted effort.
This checker fixes how quotable your page is. It cannot tell you which questions and keywords actually drive demand, or which sources the engines already pull from. Before you invest in a page, pull the live data:
- Search volume and questions so you optimize for what people actually ask.
- Keyword difficulty so a newer site targets the winnable topics first.
- Who currently ranks and gets cited so your entities and headings match real intent.
- Related and long-tail questions you can answer on the same page for more pickups.
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What this checker measures
Generative engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) do not show ten links. They read a handful of pages, synthesize one answer, and cite the sources they trusted and could quote cleanly. GEO / AEO is the practice of making your page one of those sources.
To do that, a page needs two things: signals that say "this is a trustworthy entity" (a defined publisher Organization, a named author, structured data the engine can parse) and content that is easy to lift (a direct answer at the top, question-style headings, lists and tables, specific numbers, and a recent update date). This tool scores each of those signals and shows you exactly which ones your page is missing.
How to use the AI search visibility checker
- Open your live page and copy its source. Right-click → View Page Source (or Ctrl/Cmd+U), select all, copy. Pasting the full HTML, including the
<head>, unlocks the structured-data and entity checks that matter most for AI citation. - Add your topic and meta description. Optional, but it lets the tool confirm your answer-first opening and summary actually match the question you want to win.
- Read the checklist top to bottom. Failures sit first because they cost you the most citations. Fix those, re-paste, and watch the score climb.
- Validate the demand in Semrush (above) so the question you just optimized for is one people actually ask AI and search engines.
AI search optimization questions, answered
What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?
GEO, also called Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), is the practice of structuring a page so AI search engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews quote it and cite it as a source. It overlaps with classic SEO but adds emphasis on clear entity signals, structured data, direct answers up top, and extractable facts a language model can lift and attribute.
How do I get ChatGPT or Perplexity to cite my website?
Give the model something easy to quote and easy to trust: a clear publisher Organization entity with sameAs links, a named author, FAQ or how-to structured data, a direct answer in the first one or two sentences, question-style headings, lists and tables it can extract, specific numbers and dates, and a recent last-updated signal. This checker scores each of those and tells you which are missing.
Is GEO different from normal SEO?
They share a foundation: a fast, well-structured, authoritative page wins in both. The difference is what the engine does with it. Classic SEO ranks a list of links, while generative engines synthesize one answer and cite a few sources. GEO optimizes for being one of those cited sources, so it leans harder on structured data, named entities and quotable, factual passages.
Does this tool upload my content anywhere?
No. The whole analysis runs locally in your browser with JavaScript. Nothing you paste is uploaded, stored, or sent to any server, so you can safely check unpublished drafts.
What is an llms.txt file and do I need one?
llms.txt is an emerging plain-text manifest at your site root that points AI engines to your most important content, similar in spirit to robots.txt or sitemap.xml. It will not single-handedly get you cited, but it is a cheap, low-risk signal that helps crawlers find your best pages. We publish one at aitoolsinsiderhq.com/llms.txt as an example.