Frequently Asked Questions

BrandVector is a resource for AI search visibility: how brands get mentioned and recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews. We publish platform guides and a glossary, offer free tools like the AI Visibility Checker and llms.txt Generator, compare AI visibility tracking tools, and match businesses with specialists who can improve their AI visibility.

No. BrandVector previously offered an AI visibility tracking subscription, which has been discontinued. If you need ongoing tracking, our AI visibility tools directory compares the leading options on pricing, engines covered, and features.

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AI visibility is how often and how favorably AI assistants like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews mention or recommend your brand when people ask questions in your category. As more buyers research with AI, being recommended there works like ranking on the first page of Google.

Generative engine optimization (GEO) is the practice of improving how AI-powered search engines understand, cite, and recommend your brand. It combines technical access for AI crawlers, clear and well-structured content, and earning mentions on the sources AI models rely on. Our GEO guide covers it in depth.

Ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity the questions your customers would ask, such as 'best [category] for [use case]', and note whether and where your brand appears. Our free Prompt Generator creates a list of prompts to test, and the AI Visibility Checker shows whether AI crawlers can access and understand your site. For ongoing tracking, use an AI visibility tool.

Technical fixes like allowing AI crawlers in robots.txt can take effect within weeks for AI search features that browse the web. Changes that depend on model training data or on earning mentions from other sites usually take several months.

Not to get started. Manual testing with a consistent set of prompts tells you where you stand. Paid tools become useful when you need to track many prompts across several AI engines over time, monitor competitors, or report results to clients or stakeholders.

Yes. The AI Visibility Checker, llms.txt Generator, and Prompt Generator are free and don't require an account. The AI Visibility Checker is limited to a few checks per day to prevent abuse.

It checks whether AI crawlers like GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and PerplexityBot are allowed by your robots.txt, whether your site has an llms.txt file, how well your pages can be crawled and parsed, your Open Graph tags, and your internal linking, and it combines these into an AI visibility health score. It also suggests prompts you can test in ChatGPT and Perplexity to see whether they mention your brand.