The questions
Does ChatGPT recommend my business?
Only if the pages it reads for your buyers' questions name you.
How do I check if AI mentions my company?
Put your buyers' questions to ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews with your market set, and record who each names and which pages it cites.
Why is my competitor in ChatGPT's answer and I'm not?
Because a page ChatGPT fetched for that question names them and not you: a review platform where they have more reviews, a roundup they are in, a comparison article, a thread.
Does blocking GPTBot hurt my visibility in ChatGPT?
Not in ChatGPT search.
What is AI visibility?
How often AI answer engines name a company when a buyer asks who to consider in its category, and whether they cite its own pages when they do.
What is AEO (answer engine optimisation)?
The work of being named and cited in the answers of engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google's AI Overviews.
What is GEO (generative engine optimisation)?
The same work as AEO under a name that emphasises the generated answer rather than the engine: being named and cited when ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or AI Overviews write an answer to a buyer's question.
What is llms.txt and do I need one?
A Markdown file at your site's root that tells language models what the site is and which pages are worth reading: a name, a one-line summary, and a short list of links.
How do AI engines pick which companies to name?
They search, read the top results, and write the answer from what those pages say.
How long does it take to show up in ChatGPT's answers?
Days for changes to your own site, once the search index re-fetches it; two to six weeks for a new review profile or a listing, since the engine's index has to pick up the third-party page; longer for editorial mentions.
Why does ChatGPT give a different list each time?
Because each answer is assembled from the pages fetched for that asking, and the searches vary.
Does schema markup help with AI search?
It helps the engine read you correctly when it fetches you: Organization schema ties your name to a legal entity, Product or Service schema declares what you sell and to whom, FAQ schema gives it the sentence to quote.
Can I pay to be recommended by ChatGPT?
No.
How much does it cost to improve AI visibility?
Measuring it is free here.
What is share of voice in AI search?
The percentage of recorded answers to a category's buyer questions that name a given company.
Do Google AI Overviews use the same ranking as search?
Mostly.
Is Perplexity worth optimising for?
Yes, and it is the easiest engine to work with, because every claim in its answer carries a numbered source.
Why does the AI name Amazon or noon instead of my store?
Because 'where to buy X' is answered from the largest pages that sell X, and the marketplaces are those pages.
How many reviews do I need before AI engines recommend me?
There is no threshold the engines publish, but the pattern in recorded answers is consistent: below about twenty recent reviews on the platform the engines cite for your category, the answer names the category leaders and stops; above it, you appear in the tail; the top of the list follows the review count and the recency..
Does AI visibility matter for a business in the UAE?
Yes, and the answers are different from anywhere else.
Or ask the engines about your own company
Your website, region and work email. The score appears in about three minutes, and the report is a link you keep.