{ "schemaVersion": 1, "id": "georank-six-engine-recheck-2026-11-07", "captured": "2026-11-07", "capturedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:48.591Z", "subject": { "name": "GEOrank", "domain": "georank.stainaz.app" }, "collectionMethod": "Official provider APIs with live web search: Anthropic Messages API (web_search tool), OpenAI Responses API (web_search tool), Perplexity Agent API (web_search tool), Google Gemini API (google_search grounding), xAI Responses API (web_search tool), DeepSeek chat with the DeepSeek Search API", "language": "English", "locale": "No verified country-local execution", "questions": [ { "id": "q1", "query": "Which tools can help a small B2B marketing team inspect AI-generated answers and citations about its brand?", "prompt": "Search the web and answer in English in 3-4 sentences, no more than 120 words: Which tools can help a small B2B marketing team inspect AI-generated answers and citations about its brand?\nAudience context: Founder-led B2B teams, lean marketing/growth teams and search specialists. Requested market context: not specified. This request does not establish country-local execution. Do not guarantee outcomes.", "answers": [ { "engine": "claude", "label": "Claude", "model": "claude-sonnet-5", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Several affordable, lean-friendly options exist for inspecting how AI engines discuss your brand. OtterlyAI monitors when your brand appears in AI-generated answers and compares visibility against competitors, tracking mentions, citations, and optimization across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews, and is noted as working well for smaller teams without enterprise pricing. Semrush also tracks brand mentions, citations, and sentiment in AI-generated answers across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Mode, and Copilot, while Ahrefs Brand Radar tracks how a brand appears across AI search surfaces, including mentions, citations, and visibility inside answers, reporting on share of voice and sentiment over time. For a quick, low-cost starting point, Omnia offers a free AI Visibility Checker that runs category-relevant prompts in ChatGPT and Google AI Mode, returning a report within minutes—useful for search specialists validating citation accuracy before investing in a paid platform.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://otterly.ai/", "title": "AI Search Monitoring Tool: Track ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AIO" }, { "url": "https://www.therankmasters.com/insights/ai-visibility/ai-brand-mention-tracking-tools", "title": "Best AI Visibility Tools for Brand Mention Tracking (2026)" }, { "url": "https://www.botric.ai/blog/best-ai-brand-monitoring-tools", "title": "6 Best AI Brand Monitoring & Visibility Tools in 2026 - Botric" }, { "url": "https://www.useomnia.com/blog/ai-search-monitoring-tools", "title": "AI Search Monitoring Tools 2026: The Best Platforms to Track Mentions, Citations, and Visibility" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:01.243Z" }, { "engine": "openai", "label": "OpenAI API", "model": "gpt-6.1-terra", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "**Ahrefs Brand Radar** tracks buyer questions, brand mentions, competitors and citation sources; **Semrush AI Visibility Toolkit** reports mentions, cited pages and sources that cite competitors. ([ahrefs.com](https://ahrefs.com/aeo-tools?utm_source=openai))\n\n**OtterlyAI** offers prompt-level monitoring with full answer text and citation links, making it useful for inspecting how a brand is described. ([help.otterly.ai](https://help.otterly.ai/prompt-detail-analysis?utm_source=openai))\n\nFor a lightweight start, manually ask ChatGPT or Perplexity a consistent set of buyer questions and record the answers and citations in a spreadsheet. Compare supported engines and plan limits before paying, and treat results as samples: answers can vary between runs. ([help.otterly.ai](https://help.otterly.ai/monitoring-interval?utm_source=openai))", "sources": [ { "url": "https://ahrefs.com/aeo-tools?utm_source=openai", "title": "AEO" }, { "url": "https://help.otterly.ai/prompt-detail-analysis?utm_source=openai", "title": "What insights can I get from a prompt detail analysis?" }, { "url": "https://help.otterly.ai/monitoring-interval?utm_source=openai", "title": "How often does OtterlyAI check AI search engines?" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:07.663Z" }, { "engine": "perplexity", "label": "Perplexity", "model": "perplexity/sonar", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "For a lean B2B team, **Otterly.AI** is a low-cost starting point for tracking brand mentions and citations across AI answers. **Semrush’s AI Visibility Toolkit** adds prompt-level responses, cited pages, and competitor comparisons, while **Peec AI** offers recurring multi-model monitoring and citation reporting. **Ahrefs Brand Radar** is another option for broader market research across answer engines. Compare which AI platforms and prompts each tool covers, and treat their results as monitoring estimates—not guarantees of what every user will see.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/free-tools/ai-search-visibility-checker/", "title": "Free AI Visibility Tool: Check Brand Visibility in AI Search" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/solutions/ai-visibility/", "title": "Get your brand recommended by AI" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/features/ai-visibility/", "title": "Semrush AI visibility features" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/blog/brand-visibility/", "title": "How to build brand visibility in AI search - Semrush" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/blog/ai-mentions/", "title": "AI Mentions: How to Get LLMs to Mention Your Brand" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/blog/ai-visibility/", "title": "AI visibility: What it is and how to grow yours in 2026" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/kb/1596-visibility-overview-report", "title": "AI Visibility Overview Report" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/blog/ai-visibility-audit-with-semrush-one/", "title": "How to conduct an AI visibility audit with Semrush" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/kb/1626-ai-visibility-features", "title": "Semrush Features for AI Visibility" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/kb/1594-ai-seo-metrics", "title": "AI Visibility Metrics - Semrush" }, { "url": "https://it.semrush.com/kb/1607-semrush-ai-visibility-data", "title": "Where does the data in Semrush’s AI Visibility Toolkit come from?" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/kb/1493-ai-visibility-toolkit", "title": "AI Visibility Toolkit: Boost Brand Visibility in AI Search" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/kb/1496-getting-started-with-ai-visibility-toolkit", "title": "Getting Started with the AI Visibility Toolkit" }, { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/ai-citation-tracking", "title": "How to track (and grow) AI engine citations" }, { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/ai-search-optimization-tools", "title": "AI search optimization tools: What actually works in 2026" } ], "searchRequests": 1, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:12:59.954Z" }, { "engine": "gemini", "label": "Gemini", "model": "gemini-3.8-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Dedicated generative engine optimization (GEO) and AI monitoring platforms such as Profound, Otterly.AI, and Peec AI allow lean teams to track brand citations across models like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini. Established SEO suites like Semrush and SE Ranking also feature AI visibility toolkits to monitor generative search summaries and cited source URLs alongside traditional search rankings. For budget-conscious founders, manual recurring prompt logs paired with Google Search Console and Bing Webmaster Tools provide accessible, lightweight citation checks. While these platforms help map brand sentiment and source attribution, they cannot guarantee consistent placement or traffic due to the probabilistic nature of AI answers.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://reddit.com/", "title": "reddit.com" }, { "url": "https://ansvisor.com/", "title": "ansvisor.com" }, { "url": "https://onelittleweb.com/", "title": "onelittleweb.com" }, { "url": "https://ecodertechnology.com/", "title": "ecodertechnology.com" }, { "url": "https://maxaeo.ai/", "title": "maxaeo.ai" }, { "url": "https://gogochimp.com/", "title": "gogochimp.com" }, { "url": "https://siftly.ai/", "title": "siftly.ai" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:10.881Z" }, { "engine": "xai", "label": "Grok", "model": "grok-4.7", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Purpose-built trackers help lean B2B teams inspect AI answers and citations about their brand. Otterly.ai, Peec AI, and HubSpot’s AEO tool run buyer prompts across engines such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews, then show mentions, cited URLs, and competitor share of voice. [[1]](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools) [[2]](https://geoptie.com/blog/best-ai-citation-tracking-tools) [[3]](https://work-management.org/marketing/best-ai-citation-tracking-tools/) Otterly is often the lower-cost starting point, while Peec emphasizes source-gap analysis; teams already on Semrush or Ahrefs can use those AI visibility features instead. [[4]](https://chad-wyatt.com/tools/best-tools-to-track-ai-citations/) Plan limits and engine coverage differ, so these tools support monitoring rather than guaranteeing how a brand is described or cited.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools", "title": "1" }, { "url": "https://geoptie.com/blog/best-ai-citation-tracking-tools", "title": "2" }, { "url": "https://work-management.org/marketing/best-ai-citation-tracking-tools/", "title": "3" }, { "url": "https://chad-wyatt.com/tools/best-tools-to-track-ai-citations/", "title": "4" } ], "searchRequests": null, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:23.067Z" }, { "engine": "deepseek", "label": "DeepSeek", "model": "deepseek-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Small B2B teams can choose from dedicated AI-visibility platforms (Peec, Profound, Otterly, AthenaHQ, Ahrefs Brand Radar), which track brand mentions, share of voice and cited sources across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews [4][14][15]. Low-cost options include Apify actors that log AI answers, citation positions and competitor share of voice for a few dollars per thousand checks [1][9][13], plus open-source self-hostable trackers like CiteLadder or ai-visibility [4][14]. Browser extensions give one-click checks of AI Overviews and ChatGPT/Perplexity citations for spot audits [7], and Readable-style analyzers help audit whether your key pages are structured well enough to be cited [11]. Treat composite \"visibility scores\" as directional, since each vendor samples differently [5].", "sources": [ { "url": "https://apify.com/jaybird/ai-search-visibility-tracker/output-schema#1", "title": "Output · AI Overviews & AI Mode Tracker – Brand Citation Monitor · Apify - AI Search Visibility Tracker: AI Overviews & AI Mode Citations" }, { "url": "https://github.com/abhij1306/CiteLadder?utm_source=ainews247.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ai_news_stories&utm_content=story_dashboard_id_310922#1", "title": "GitHub - abhij1306/CiteLadder: Open source AI search visibility tracker: See which brands and pages ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and AI Overviews name. Self-hostable alternative to Peec and Profound. · GitHub" }, { "url": "https://pixis.ai/blog/ai-visibility-checker-how-to-check-improve-your-brands-visibility-in-ai-search/", "title": "AI Visibility Checker for AI Search | Pixis" }, { "url": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ai-visibility-checker-cha/odhjoplggcgjmgicckgnaamelnmbdikl#1", "title": "AI Visibility Checker: ChatGPT & AI SEO - Chrome 应用商店 - AI Visibility Checker: ChatGPT & AI SEO" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/brick_joey_yto/ai-brand-monitor#1", "title": "AI Visibility Tracker — ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity · Apify - AI Visibility Tracker — ChatGPT, Gemini & Perplexity" }, { "url": "https://www.tryreadable.ai/blog/how-to-track-brand-mentions-in-ai-search-results", "title": "How to Track Brand Mentions in AI Search Results | Blog" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/aitorsm/ai-visibility-tracker#1", "title": "AI Visibility Tracker: ChatGPT, AI Overview & Perplexity · Apify - AI Brand Visibility Tracker — AI Overview & Perplexity" }, { "url": "https://github.com/sharozdawa/ai-visibility#1", "title": "GitHub - sharozdawa/ai-visibility: Track your brand visibility across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. Open source alternative to Otterly/AthenaHQ. · GitHub" }, { "url": "https://www.linkedin.com/posts/mr-harvey-lee_ai-visibility-is-the-new-seo-most-marketers-activity-7404150464855941120-8ie1#1", "title": "Harvey Lee的动态" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:00.391Z" } ] }, { "id": "q2", "query": "What should a founder-led B2B business use to monitor how it appears in AI search answers?", "prompt": "Search the web and answer in English in 3-4 sentences, no more than 120 words: What should a founder-led B2B business use to monitor how it appears in AI search answers?\nAudience context: Founder-led B2B teams, lean marketing/growth teams and search specialists. Requested market context: not specified. This request does not establish country-local execution. Do not guarantee outcomes.", "answers": [ { "engine": "claude", "label": "Claude", "model": "claude-sonnet-5", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "For a lean, founder-led B2B team, a practical stack blends a free baseline with a focused paid tracker. Start with free first-party reports: Search Console covers Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, while Bing Webmaster Tools covers Copilot citations and citation share. HubSpot's free tool is another easy entry point, since it gives a useful baseline snapshot of how AI models currently represent your brand. For ongoing monitoring, lightweight specialist tools fit lean teams well—Otterly is often recommended as the tool I'd point a founder to who has never measured AI visibility and doesn't want to sign anything, while Peec AI suits growing B2B teams and agencies that want accurate daily AI visibility data without enterprise pricing. As the program matures, teams can layer in platforms like Ahrefs Brand Radar or Semrush's AI Visibility Toolkit for deeper competitive and citation analysis alongside existing SEO workflows.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://keytomic.com/blog/ai-visibility-b2b-saas", "title": "AI Visibility for B2B SaaS: Best Tools and How to Choose in 2026" }, { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-ai-visibility-tools", "title": "The best AI visibility tools that actually improve lead quality" }, { "url": "https://www.supermarketers.ai/aeo/best-ai-visibility-tools", "title": "The 7 Best AI Visibility Tools for B2B SaaS (2026), Compared" }, { "url": "https://www.quattr.com/blog/ai-visibility-tools", "title": "7 Best AI Visibility Tools to Track and Win AI Search in 2026" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:30.491Z" }, { "engine": "openai", "label": "OpenAI API", "model": "gpt-6.1-terra", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Use an **AI visibility or answer-engine monitoring tool**, such as Ahrefs Brand Radar or Semrush’s AI Visibility Toolkit, to track relevant buyer questions across AI platforms. ([help.ahrefs.com](https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/11064852-what-is-brand-radar-and-how-to-use-it?trk=article-ssr-frontend-pulse_little-text-block&utm_source=openai))\n\nFor a lean start, regularly test a shortlist of buyer questions manually and record the answers in a spreadsheet. Track brand mentions, accuracy, cited sources and competitors—not just website rankings. Supplement this with Google Search Console’s generative AI performance report, and treat tool scores as directional: sampled answers can vary between runs. ([support.google.com](https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/16984139?hl=en&utm_source=openai))", "sources": [ { "url": "https://help.ahrefs.com/en/articles/11064852-what-is-brand-radar-and-how-to-use-it?trk=article-ssr-frontend-pulse_little-text-block&utm_source=openai", "title": "What is Brand Radar, and how to use it? | Help Center - Ahrefs" }, { "url": "https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/16984139?hl=en&utm_source=openai", "title": "Generative AI performance report (Search) - Search Console Help" } ], "searchRequests": 1, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:33.219Z" }, { "engine": "perplexity", "label": "Perplexity", "model": "perplexity/sonar", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Use an AI search visibility tracker to repeatedly test a fixed set of real buyer prompts across relevant answer engines—such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews—and log brand mentions, citations, source URLs and competitor presence. For a lean team, start with a spreadsheet and periodic manual checks, or trial a lightweight tool such as Otterly.ai; if you already use an SEO platform, check whether its AI visibility features cover your needs. Review results over time rather than treating a single answer as a ranking, since AI responses can vary. Sources: [HubSpot’s tool overview](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools), [Adobe’s monitoring guide](https://business.adobe.com/blog/track-brand-mentions-in-ai-search).", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.sona.com/blog/agency-or-tool-to-track-brand-mentions-in-chatgpt-and-perplexity/", "title": "Agency or Tool to Track Brand Mentions in ChatGPT and Perplexity" }, { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools", "title": "8 LLM visibility tools to track your brand across answer engines" }, { "url": "https://dev.to/juanauriti/7-open-source-ai-visibility-trackers-launched-on-hn-this-year-heres-what-each-one-actually-does-1bic", "title": "7 open-source AI visibility trackers launched on HN this year ..." }, { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/aeo-keyword-gap-analysis", "title": "How to find and fix your AEO keywords gap" }, { "url": "https://www.sona.com/blog/6-best-tools-to-track-brand-mentions-across-ai-search/", "title": "Best ways to track brand mentions in AI search — Sona" }, { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/best-aeo-checkers", "title": "AEO checker tools that measure answer engine visibility [2026]" }, { "url": "https://www.sona.com/blog/best-ai-search-visibility-tools/", "title": "Best AI Search Visibility Tools - Sona" }, { "url": "https://business.adobe.com/blog/track-brand-mentions-in-ai-search", "title": "How to track brand mentions in AI search - Adobe Experience Cloud" }, { "url": "https://otterly.ai/", "title": "AI Search Monitoring Tool: Track ChatGPT, Perplexity & Google AIO" }, { "url": "https://siftly.ai/blog/7-most-user-friendly-ai-search-visibility-tracking-tools", "title": "7 Most User-Friendly AI Search Visibility Tracking Tools - Siftly" }, { "url": "https://www.sona.com/blog/how-to-track-brand-mentions-in-ai-search-with-a-repeatable-test/", "title": "How to Track Brand Mentions in AI Search — Sona" }, { "url": "https://www.sona.com/blog/ai-powered-answer-engine-how-it-works-and-what-to-track/", "title": "AI-Powered Answer Engine: How It Works and What to Track" }, { "url": "https://www.sona.com/blog/7-best-ai-visibility-tools-for-b2b-companies-compared/", "title": "6 Best AI Visibility Tools for B2B Companies - Sona" }, { "url": "https://www.searchable.com/blog/best-ai-overview-tracking-tools", "title": "1. Searchable" }, { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/answer-engine-optimization-tools", "title": "11 best answer engine optimization tools for content strategists" } ], "searchRequests": 1, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:28.744Z" }, { "engine": "gemini", "label": "Gemini", "model": "gemini-3.8-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "A founder-led B2B business should deploy dedicated Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) and Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) tracking tools—such as Profound, Peec AI, Scrunch, or Semrush’s AI Visibility toolkit—to monitor brand presence across ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. These platforms automate recurring prompt testing around high-intent buyer queries, reporting on brand citations, sentiment, and competitor share of voice. Lean growth teams can also pair these tools with web analytics to track referral traffic and monitor AI crawler activity in server logs. Because generative outputs fluctuate dynamically across models and updates, these solutions provide directional visibility benchmarking rather than guaranteed ranking outcomes.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://scrunch.com/", "title": "scrunch.com" }, { "url": "https://geoptie.com/", "title": "geoptie.com" }, { "url": "https://demandsage.com/", "title": "demandsage.com" }, { "url": "https://youtube.com/", "title": "youtube.com" }, { "url": "https://neuracite.com/", "title": "neuracite.com" }, { "url": "https://airops.com/", "title": "airops.com" }, { "url": "https://nexscope.ai/", "title": "nexscope.ai" }, { "url": "https://thegrowthsyndicate.com/", "title": "thegrowthsyndicate.com" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:43.932Z" }, { "engine": "xai", "label": "Grok", "model": "grok-4.7", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "A founder-led B2B team should use a purpose-built AI visibility tool that runs a fixed set of buyer prompts on a schedule across engines customers use, such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Gemini. These tools record mentions separately from citations and compare competitor share of voice, because a one-off manual check is too volatile to trust. Lean teams often start with a self-serve option such as Otterly AI or Peec AI, or an AI visibility add-on in Semrush or Ahrefs if that suite is already in use. Treat the output as directional, not a guarantee, and judge trends across repeated runs rather than any single answer. [[1]](https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools) [[2]](https://www.saas-hackers.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools) [[3]](https://www.sona.com/blog/6-best-tools-to-track-brand-mentions-across-ai-search/)", "sources": [ { "url": "https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/llm-visibility-tools", "title": "1" }, { "url": "https://www.saas-hackers.com/blog/best-ai-visibility-tools", "title": "2" }, { "url": "https://www.sona.com/blog/6-best-tools-to-track-brand-mentions-across-ai-search/", "title": "3" } ], "searchRequests": null, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:54.752Z" }, { "engine": "deepseek", "label": "DeepSeek", "model": "deepseek-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "A founder-led B2B team should use a dedicated AI visibility tracker rather than relying on gut feel, since AI mentions are increasingly the deciding touchpoint—63% of B2B buyers reportedly used an AI tool during a purchase decision in the past year [7]. Practical options range from mainstream SEO suites with AI add-ons (SE Ranking's AI Search Toolkit, Semrush/Surfer-style AI Trackers) to specialist platforms like PromptScout or Nightwatch that measure share of voice against competitors [12][13][6][4]. Most track the same core metrics: mention rate, prominence/position, sentiment, cited source domains, and competitor share of voice across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews [5][10]. For a lean team, start with a limited set of real buyer-intent prompts, then audit the pages and third-party profiles (G2, Capterra, TrustRadius) most often cited [14].", "sources": [ { "url": "https://v3.nightwatch.io/blog/ai-share-of-voice/", "title": "AI Share of Voice: How to Track and Grow Your Brand's Presence in LLM Answers" }, { "url": "https://omr.com/en/reviews/product/se-visible#1", "title": "SE Visible Details & Reviews | OMR Reviews" }, { "url": "https://llm.dataforseo.com/promptscout/", "title": "PromptScout: LLM Mention Score & AI Search Visibility Optimization Tools Software Rank" }, { "url": "https://hginsights.com/blog/what-is-ai-visibility-monitoring/", "title": "What Is AI Visibility Monitoring? A Buyer's Guide | HG Insights" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/blueskyscraper/ai-visibility-tracker/api#1", "title": "AI Visibility Tracker: ChatGPT & AI Overview Brand Mentions API · Apify - AI Visibility Tracker" }, { "url": "https://seranking.com/ac/ai-search-toolkit.html?utm_campaign=VID_T1%2FT2_EN_Cold_Native_Mixed_SEO_JF%2FSK_Core&utm_source=linkedin&utm_medium=paid&hsa_acc=507258816&hsa_cam=810326344&hsa_grp=458246754&hsa_ad=1070705774&hsa_net=linkedin&hsa_ver=3&trk=test#1", "title": "AI Search Toolkit by SE Ranking" }, { "url": "https://surferseo.com/updates/new-models-in-ai-tracker/", "title": "New models in AI Tracker: Google's AI Mode, AI Overviews, and Perplexity" }, { "url": "https://www.tryreadable.ai/blog/how-to-track-brand-mentions-in-ai-search-results", "title": "How to Track Brand Mentions in AI Search Results | Blog" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:13:28.274Z" } ] }, { "id": "q3", "query": "Which AI visibility tools suit a team that needs to inspect sources before changing website content?", "prompt": "Search the web and answer in English in 3-4 sentences, no more than 120 words: Which AI visibility tools suit a team that needs to inspect sources before changing website content?\nAudience context: Founder-led B2B teams, lean marketing/growth teams and search specialists. Requested market context: not specified. This request does not establish country-local execution. Do not guarantee outcomes.", "answers": [ { "engine": "claude", "label": "Claude", "model": "claude-sonnet-5", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Lean teams that want to vet citations before editing pages should look at tools built around a dedicated \"Sources\" view rather than a single opaque score. Semrush's AI Visibility Toolkit shows cited sources—the websites that AI systems reference when generating answers—and how those sources influence brand representation, while platforms like Promptwatch let users inspect the actual AI response, citation, and prompt behind every metric. Peec AI and Profound distinguish between a page merely informing an answer and one actually linked as a source, and Profound additionally offers source categorization where every citation is tagged as Owned, Competitor, Earned Media, PR Wire, Social, or Institution, which helps teams confirm evidence before rewriting pages. For founder-led or growth teams wanting source review tied directly to a publishing workflow, options like Wellows and Refine are built so teams can inspect brand appearances and linked sources separately before content changes go live.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://de.semrush.com/kb/1596-visibility-overview-report", "title": "1596 visibility overview report" }, { "url": "https://www.position.digital/blog/best-ai-visibility-tracking-tools/", "title": "15 Best AI Visibility Tracking Tools I Tested (2026)" }, { "url": "https://deepsmith.ai/blog/best-ai-citation-tracking-tools-for-b2b", "title": "AI Citation Tracking Tools for B2B Marketing Teams" }, { "url": "https://wellows.com/blog/ai-visibility-tools/", "title": "12 Best AI Visibility Tools for B2B Companies (2026)" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:03.840Z" }, { "engine": "openai", "label": "OpenAI API", "model": "gpt-6.1-terra", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "**Peec AI** suits lean teams that want to inspect sources by prompt, domain or URL and compare source gaps with competitors. ([help.peec.ai](https://help.peec.ai/article/part-5-understanding-sources-where-ai-gets-its-info-kk8l4iy1szwnn55pfxfunij6?utm_source=openai)) **Semrush’s AI Visibility Toolkit** is a good fit for search specialists already using Semrush: its Sources report identifies frequently cited domains and pages across tracked prompts. ([semrush.com](https://www.semrush.com/blog/track-ai-citation-sources-semrush/?utm_source=openai)) **OtterlyAI** offers prompt-level monitoring with individual responses and citation details, making it useful for focused reviews. ([help.otterly.ai](https://help.otterly.ai/search-prompt-monitoring?utm_source=openai)) Before changing content, inspect the cited pages and repeat relevant prompts over time; citations can vary, and visibility gains aren’t guaranteed. ([otterly.ai](https://otterly.ai/blog/ai-search-visibility-stability/?utm_source=openai))", "sources": [ { "url": "https://help.peec.ai/article/part-5-understanding-sources-where-ai-gets-its-info-kk8l4iy1szwnn55pfxfunij6?utm_source=openai", "title": "Getting started - Part 5: Understanding sources (where AI gets its info) | Peec AI Help Center" }, { "url": "https://www.semrush.com/blog/track-ai-citation-sources-semrush/?utm_source=openai", "title": "How to track your AI citations and sources with Semrush" }, { "url": "https://help.otterly.ai/search-prompt-monitoring?utm_source=openai", "title": "How does Prompt Monitoring with OtterlyAI work?" }, { "url": "https://otterly.ai/blog/ai-search-visibility-stability/?utm_source=openai", "title": "AI Search Visibility: How Stable Are Brand Mentions and Citations?" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:07.524Z" }, { "engine": "perplexity", "label": "Perplexity", "model": "perplexity/sonar", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "For source-first review, consider **Peec AI**: it separates source URLs from explicit citations, shows which prompts retrieve or cite each URL, and flags gaps where competitors’ sources appear but yours do not ([documentation](https://docs.peec.ai/understanding-sources)). **OtterlyAI** offers cited-URL lists with prompt and engine details, plus links from a citation to the full AI answer—useful for checking context before editing ([citation tracker](https://otterly.ai/features/ai-citation-tracker)). **Profound** is another option if you want sources categorized as owned, competitor, earned media, and more ([citations feature](https://www.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-insights/citations)). These tools surface evidence to investigate; they don’t guarantee that content changes will improve visibility.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://docs.peec.ai/understanding-sources", "title": "Understanding sources - Peec.ai Docs" }, { "url": "https://docs.peec.ai/metrics-overview", "title": "Metrics Overview" }, { "url": "https://docs.peec.ai/metrics/understanding-your-metrics", "title": "Understanding your metrics - Peec.ai Docs" }, { "url": "https://otterly.ai/features/ai-citation-tracker", "title": "AI Citation Tracker: ‍Track & Analyze citations in AI Search" }, { "url": "https://www.tryprofound.com/features/answer-engine-insights/citations", "title": "AI Citation Analysis Tool for AEO | Profound" }, { "url": "https://otterly.ai/features", "title": "Generative Engine Optimization Features | OtterlyAI Platform" }, { "url": "https://help.otterly.ai/how-otterlyai-collects-data", "title": "How OtterlyAI collects data?" }, { "url": "https://help.otterly.ai/how-can-citations-report-help-you-analyze-your-content-gaps", "title": "Blogs And News/media" }, { "url": "https://docs.peec.ai/understanding-your-performance", "title": "Understanding your performance - Peec.ai Docs" }, { "url": "https://help.otterly.ai/analysis-insights", "title": "Analysis & Insights | OtterlyAI's knowledge habitat" }, { "url": "https://otterly.ai/blog/ai-search-citations-tracking-update/", "title": "AI Search Citations: How to Track, Compare & Win Them (New ..." }, { "url": "https://peec.ai/product/ai-visibility", "title": "Peec AI - AI Visibility and Share of Voice Tracking" }, { "url": "https://docs.peec.ai/understanding-sources.md", "title": "Understanding sources" }, { "url": "https://otterly.ai/blog/", "title": "AI Search Visibility Blog | Insights and Data" }, { "url": "https://help.otterly.ai/hubfs/OtterlyAI_Onboarding_Ebook-1.pdf?hsLang=en", "title": "onboarding - ebook" } ], "searchRequests": 1, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:01.546Z" }, { "engine": "gemini", "label": "Gemini", "model": "gemini-3.8-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "For lean B2B and search teams needing source-level inspection before updating copy, dedicated AI citation trackers like Otterly.ai, Peec AI, and Profound are practical fits because they capture prompt snapshots and isolate the exact URLs cited across engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. Established platforms like Semrush and Ahrefs also incorporate AI citation tracking into their suites, enabling specialists to review third-party source references directly alongside traditional search data. Evaluating these specific citations allows teams to inspect factual positioning, uncover domain-level authority gaps, and guide content adjustments based on observed source patterns rather than speculative changes.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://siftly.ai/", "title": "siftly.ai" }, { "url": "https://martech.zone/", "title": "martech.zone" }, { "url": "https://slatehq.com/", "title": "slatehq.com" }, { "url": "https://chad-wyatt.com/", "title": "chad-wyatt.com" }, { "url": "https://geol.ai/", "title": "geol.ai" }, { "url": "https://otterly.ai/", "title": "otterly.ai" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:11.326Z" }, { "engine": "xai", "label": "Grok", "model": "grok-4.7", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Teams that must inspect sources before editing site content should favor tools that log cited URLs and the answers around them, not score-only dashboards. Peec AI fits lean B2B marketing and growth teams: it tracks sources at domain and URL level and separates content that was used from content that was cited. [[1]](https://www.therankmasters.com/insights/ai-visibility/ai-citation-tools-url-level) OtterlyAI is a lower-cost option for founder-led teams, with citation reports and content-gap views of recurring pages. [[2]](https://www.aixindar.com/news/10-ai-visibility-tools-for-investigating-the-sources-behind-your-category) Search specialists who need filtered citation analysis and exports can evaluate Profound. [[2]](https://www.aixindar.com/news/10-ai-visibility-tools-for-investigating-the-sources-behind-your-category) These tools aid inspection; they do not guarantee that a content change will raise citations.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.therankmasters.com/insights/ai-visibility/ai-citation-tools-url-level", "title": "1" }, { "url": "https://www.aixindar.com/news/10-ai-visibility-tools-for-investigating-the-sources-behind-your-category", "title": "2" } ], "searchRequests": null, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:32.238Z" }, { "engine": "deepseek", "label": "DeepSeek", "model": "deepseek-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "For teams that must verify sources before touching site content, look at tools that expose per-answer citation metadata rather than just share-of-voice scores. Similarweb's AI Brand Visibility shows which sources engines cite, while CiteLadder pulls citations from each engine's own citation metadata and separates \"observed zero\" from \"unavailable,\" which matters for audit trails [12][6]. Signal AI's AI Citations maps visibility back to specific earned-media articles [4], and pay-per-answer Apify trackers return full answer text plus ordered source URLs for spot checks [2][3]. Evidence snapshots and raw-text capture support QA and review workflows [11]; confirm export depth and pricing on each vendor first.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://apify.com/magenta_waterwheel/ai-search-visibility#1", "title": "AI Visibility Tracker: ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini · Apify - AI Search Visibility Tracker: ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/magenta_waterwheel/ai-search-visibility/output-schema#1", "title": "Output · AI Visibility Tracker: ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini · Apify - AI Search Visibility Tracker: ChatGPT, Perplexity & Gemini" }, { "url": "https://signal-ai.com/insights/press-release/signal-ai-launches-ai-citations-to-help-brands-measure-and-influence-presence-in-ai-generated-answers", "title": "Signal AI Launches AI Citations to Help Brands Measure and Influence Presence in AI-Generated Answers" }, { "url": "https://github.com/abhij1306/CiteLadder?utm_source=ainews247.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=ai_news_stories&utm_content=story_dashboard_id_310922#1", "title": "GitHub - abhij1306/CiteLadder: Open source AI search visibility tracker: See which brands and pages ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and AI Overviews name. Self-hostable alternative to Peec and Profound. · GitHub" }, { "url": "https://www.singlegrain.com/blog-posts/link-building/best-llm-tracking-software-for-brand-visibility-in-2025/#1", "title": "Best LLM Tracking Software for Brand Visibility in 2025" }, { "url": "https://www.rankranger.com/top-geo-tools/", "title": "Top GEO Tools to Track and Improve AI Visibility | Rank Ranger" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:00.054Z" } ] }, { "id": "q4", "query": "Which tools check whether AI crawlers such as GPTBot and ClaudeBot can read a website?", "prompt": "Search the web and answer in English in 3-4 sentences, no more than 120 words: Which tools check whether AI crawlers such as GPTBot and ClaudeBot can read a website?\nAudience context: Founder-led B2B teams, lean marketing/growth teams and search specialists. Requested market context: not specified. This request does not establish country-local execution. Do not guarantee outcomes.", "answers": [ { "engine": "claude", "label": "Claude", "model": "claude-sonnet-5", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Several free, no-signup tools let lean teams verify AI crawler access quickly. Options include the AI Crawler Checker which audits a website for AI crawler accessibility: robots.txt (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Perplexity), llms.txt, sitemap, Schema.org, meta tags, content extractability, TTFB, LLM Pulse's checker that sees if GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google-Extended can crawl your site, with line-by-line analysis, and similar tools from Quanticdata, Rank Prompt, Layer3Labs, and Dashimetrics. For scale, Apify's Actor shows if GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Meta-ExternalAgent are allowed or blocked on each site in a dataset, CSV or Sheet: robots.txt, a real fetch per bot, llms.txt, plus change monitoring, useful for agencies checking many client domains at once.\n\nIt's worth noting these tools mainly read robots.txt, but robots.txt is a published request, not an enforced firewall, so a CDN bot rule or a WAF can block a crawler even when robots.txt allows it, and some crawlers ignore the file entirely — so a live fetch test is a useful follow-up step rather than relying on robots.txt alone.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://apify.com/fast_data_asap/ai-crawler-access-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Checker" }, { "url": "https://llmpulse.ai/robots-txt-checker", "title": "Free AI Robots.txt Checker: GPTBot, ClaudeBot" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/nerolabs/ai-crawler-access-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Access Checker: GPTBot, ClaudeBot Blocked? · Apify" }, { "url": "https://quanticdata.io/tools/ai-crawler-checker/", "title": "AI Crawler Access Checker — GPTBot, ClaudeBot" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:40.465Z" }, { "engine": "openai", "label": "OpenAI API", "model": "gpt-6.1-terra", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "**Verand’s AI Crawler Access Checker** tests a specific URL’s robots.txt rules, bot-labeled responses and readable page text. ([verand.ai](https://verand.ai/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker?utm_source=openai))\n\n**Fourward’s AI Crawler Checker** checks robots.txt and compares homepage responses for GPTBot, ClaudeBot and other bots. ([fourwardhq.com](https://www.fourwardhq.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker/?utm_source=openai))\n\n**SEO ProCheck’s AI Crawler Checker** is a free option for testing robots.txt permissions, but it does not test firewall access. ([seoprocheck.com](https://seoprocheck.com/tools/geo-ai-visibility/ai-crawler-checker/?utm_source=openai))\n\nThese tools’ bot-labeled requests may not match how a firewall treats the real crawler’s IP address, so also review server or CDN logs; access alone doesn’t guarantee inclusion in AI answers. ([verand.ai](https://verand.ai/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker?utm_source=openai))", "sources": [ { "url": "https://verand.ai/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker?utm_source=openai", "title": "Free AI Crawler Access Checker for Any URL | Verand" }, { "url": "https://www.fourwardhq.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker/?utm_source=openai", "title": "Free AI crawler checker: GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot · Fourward" }, { "url": "https://seoprocheck.com/tools/geo-ai-visibility/ai-crawler-checker/?utm_source=openai", "title": "AI Crawler Checker | SEO ProCheck" } ], "searchRequests": 1, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:40.420Z" }, { "engine": "perplexity", "label": "Perplexity", "model": "perplexity/sonar", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Tools such as [AI Crawler Checker](https://aicrawlerchecker.com/), [Weekerp’s AI Crawlability Checker](https://weekerp.com/en/resource/ai-crawlability), and [Handiwork’s AI Crawler Accessibility Checker](https://www.handiwork.tools/tools/ai-crawler-checker) check whether robots.txt permits GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and other AI crawlers. Some also test whether the server blocks bot-like requests and inspect page signals such as noindex directives or whether useful content appears in the page’s HTML. Keep in mind that a robots.txt “allowed” result is not proof that a crawler can fetch or interpret every page.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://apify.com/swillz/ai-crawler-access-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Checker: Bulk robots.txt GPTBot & llms.txt Test ..." }, { "url": "https://apify.com/appdata-labs/ai-crawler-access-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Checker - GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Perplexity Blocking ..." }, { "url": "https://apify.com/tidytools/ai-crawler-access-checker/api/mcp", "title": "AI Crawler Checker - Bulk robots.txt Monitor (GPTBot) MCP ..." }, { "url": "https://apify.com/tidytools/ai-crawler-access-checker/issues", "title": "AI Crawler Access Checker - Block AI Bots in robots.txt" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/mercury_ops/ai-search-readiness-audit/input-schema", "title": "Input · AI Search Readiness Audit: GPTBot, llms.txt, Schema · Apify" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/jetlaunch/robots-ai-crawl-auditor/api", "title": "Robots.txt and AI Crawler Auditor | GPTBot, ClaudeBot API · Apify" }, { "url": "https://weekerp.com/en/resource/ai-crawlability", "title": "AI Crawler Checker: Is GPTBot Blocked on Your Site?" }, { "url": "https://aicrawlerchecker.com/", "title": "AI Crawler Checker - Detect GPTBot & ClaudeBot Access" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/tidytools/ai-crawler-access-checker/input-schema", "title": "Input · Check if GPTBot Is Blocked - AI Crawler & robots.txt Checker · Apify" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/helveticlabs/ai-crawler-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Checker | robots.txt for GPTBot & ClaudeBot · Apify" }, { "url": "https://www.handiwork.tools/tools/ai-crawler-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Accessibility Checker: GPTBot, ClaudeBot & More" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/rowcraft/robots-ai-crawler-checker", "title": "Robots.txt and AI Crawler Checker: GPTBot, ClaudeBot · Apify" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/fast_data_asap/ai-crawler-access-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Checker – robots.txt, GPTBot, llms.txt Audit · Apify" }, { "url": "https://www.getpercy.io/tools/ai-crawler-checker", "title": "AI Crawler Access Checker — is your site blocking GPTBot ... - Percy" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/kingii98/ai-crawler-access-auditor", "title": "AI Crawler Access Auditor · Apify" } ], "searchRequests": 1, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:38.996Z" }, { "engine": "gemini", "label": "Gemini", "model": "gemini-3.8-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Dedicated AI crawlability checkers—such as LLMrefs, RankX AI, and Pixelmojo—simulate specific user agents (including GPTBot and ClaudeBot) to test `robots.txt` directives and live server responses. For deeper technical audits, SEO platforms like Screaming Frog allow search specialists to spoof AI user agents directly to evaluate rendering, headers, and status codes. Additionally, CDN tools like Cloudflare Bot Management alongside web server log analyzers monitor whether AI bots are actively reaching or being blocked by your edge security. Keep in mind that verifying crawl access confirms technical reachability, but it does not guarantee citation or indexing in AI-generated responses.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://pixelmojo.io/", "title": "pixelmojo.io" }, { "url": "https://rankxai.com/", "title": "rankxai.com" }, { "url": "https://llmrefs.com/", "title": "llmrefs.com" }, { "url": "https://xseek.io/", "title": "xseek.io" }, { "url": "https://swetrix.com/", "title": "swetrix.com" }, { "url": "https://getvisibai.com/", "title": "getvisibai.com" }, { "url": "https://elementera.com/", "title": "elementera.com" } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:45.319Z" }, { "engine": "xai", "label": "Grok", "model": "grok-4.7", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "Free checkers such as Approvalens, Attensira’s URL inspector, CrawlCheck, 365i’s AI Crawler Checker, and crawlerpeek test whether GPTBot, ClaudeBot, and similar bots can read a page, not only whether robots.txt allows them. They compare each bot’s robots.txt rule with a live request under that crawler’s user-agent and can flag firewall or Cloudflare blocks and text that appears only after JavaScript. Robots.txt-only tools such as AEO Engine, QuickSEO, and Olano are faster for policy review but can miss server-side blocks. Treat any result as a snapshot, not proof that an assistant will crawl, index, or cite the page.", "sources": [ { "url": "https://monity.ai/tools/robots-txt-tester/", "title": "https://monity.ai/tools/robots-txt-tester/" }, { "url": "https://attensira.com/tools/crawler-url-inspector", "title": "https://attensira.com/tools/crawler-url-inspector" }, { "url": "https://aicrawlercheck.com/tools/ai-crawler-diagnostic", "title": "https://aicrawlercheck.com/tools/ai-crawler-diagnostic" }, { "url": "https://kalloslabs.com/blog/ai-crawlers-gptbot-claudebot-perplexitybot-robots-txt", "title": "https://kalloslabs.com/blog/ai-crawlers-gptbot-claudebot-perplexitybot-robots-txt" }, { "url": "https://approvalens.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker", "title": "https://approvalens.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker" }, { "url": "https://xeorank.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker", "title": "https://xeorank.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker" }, { "url": "https://npmjs.com/package/crawlerpeek", "title": "https://npmjs.com/package/crawlerpeek" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/sefran1/ai-crawler-access-audit", "title": "https://apify.com/sefran1/ai-crawler-access-audit" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/pagecraft/ai-agent-readiness-audit/examples/check-if-chatgpt-claude-and-perplexity-can-crawl-your-site", "title": "https://apify.com/pagecraft/ai-agent-readiness-audit/examples/check-if-chatgpt-claude-and-perplexity-can-crawl-your-site" }, { "url": "https://scrawl.tools/tools/ai-crawler-checker", "title": "https://scrawl.tools/tools/ai-crawler-checker" }, { "url": "https://www.99visibility.com/blog/ai-crawler-checker-tools", "title": "https://www.99visibility.com/blog/ai-crawler-checker-tools" }, { "url": "https://aeoengine.ai/robots-txt-ai-bots", "title": "https://aeoengine.ai/robots-txt-ai-bots" }, { "url": "https://readablebyai.com/", "title": "https://readablebyai.com/" }, { "url": "https://crawlcheck.io/", "title": "https://crawlcheck.io/" }, { "url": "https://contengi.com/blog/tools-to-make-your-website-readable-by-ai-crawlers", "title": "https://contengi.com/blog/tools-to-make-your-website-readable-by-ai-crawlers" }, { "url": "https://www.meetgeo.ai/blog/ai-crawler-checker-test-gptbot-claudebot-access", "title": "https://www.meetgeo.ai/blog/ai-crawler-checker-test-gptbot-claudebot-access" }, { "url": "https://www.botric.ai/blog/check-if-ai-crawlers-can-read-your-website", "title": "https://www.botric.ai/blog/check-if-ai-crawlers-can-read-your-website" }, { "url": "https://tools.scoreroute.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker/", "title": "https://tools.scoreroute.com/tools/ai-crawler-checker/" }, { "url": "https://nemociment.fr/en/seo-tools/ai-crawler-access/", "title": "https://nemociment.fr/en/seo-tools/ai-crawler-access/" }, { "url": "https://marisstella.app/ai-crawler-access-check/", "title": "https://marisstella.app/ai-crawler-access-check/" }, { "url": "https://olano.ai/tools/robots-txt-checker", "title": "https://olano.ai/tools/robots-txt-checker" }, { "url": "https://digicrusader.com/ai-crawlers-robots-txt/", "title": "https://digicrusader.com/ai-crawlers-robots-txt/" }, { "url": "https://www.omnigroai.com/blog/how-ai-crawlers-read-your-website-what-gptbot-claudebot-and-perplexitybot-actually-see/", "title": "https://www.omnigroai.com/blog/how-ai-crawlers-read-your-website-what-gptbot-claudebot-and-perplexitybot-actually-see/" }, { "url": "https://quickseo.ai/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker", "title": "https://quickseo.ai/tools/ai-crawler-access-checker" }, { "url": "https://homerunner.io/tools/ai-crawler-access/", "title": "https://homerunner.io/tools/ai-crawler-access/" }, { "url": "https://teddit.io/tools/ai-crawler-check", "title": "https://teddit.io/tools/ai-crawler-check" }, { "url": "https://www.365i.co.uk/tools/ai-bot-checker/", "title": "https://www.365i.co.uk/tools/ai-bot-checker/" }, { "url": "https://www.nexgismo.com/ai-agent-readiness-checker", "title": "https://www.nexgismo.com/ai-agent-readiness-checker" }, { "url": "https://valerion.tech/en/tools/ai-crawler-checker/", "title": "https://valerion.tech/en/tools/ai-crawler-checker/" }, { "url": "https://www.web-psqc.com/ai/crawlers", "title": "https://www.web-psqc.com/ai/crawlers" }, { "url": "https://awisee.com/qa-ai-crawler-checker-preview/", "title": "https://awisee.com/qa-ai-crawler-checker-preview/" }, { "url": "https://apify.com/rodorn/ai-crawler-access-checker", "title": "https://apify.com/rodorn/ai-crawler-access-checker" }, { "url": "https://cleversearch.ai/tools", "title": "https://cleversearch.ai/tools" } ], "searchRequests": null, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:49.984Z" }, { "engine": "deepseek", "label": "DeepSeek", "model": "deepseek-flash", "status": "succeeded", "answer": "You can check this with free browser extensions like AI Crawler Check or CuraReach's AI Visibility Checker, which read a site's robots.txt and report whether bots like GPTBot and ClaudeBot are allowed [6][14]. Open-source CLI tools such as `aicw-visibility` and `crawlerpeek` go further, testing live HTTP responses as each bot and checking llms.txt and sitemaps [15][8]. Bulk platforms like Apify actors and the GeoSuite CLI audit many domains at once and catch CDN/WAF blocks that robots.txt alone hides [3][7]. 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Curated, operator-sourced bot list + a zero-dep CLI and GitHub Action to audit robots.txt, test reachability, read access logs, and gate it all in CI. · GitHub" }, { "url": "https://socket.dev/npm/package/crawlerpeek#1", "title": "crawlerpeek - npm Package Security Analysis - Socket - New:Introducing Socket Scanning for VS Code Marketplace Extensions" }, { "url": "https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/ai-visibility-checker-by/fhbeklamihmpigjcejhigclobokcdaef", "title": "AI Visibility Checker by CuraReach - Chrome 应用商店" }, { "url": "https://github.com/aicw-io/aicw-visibility#1", "title": "GitHub - aicw-io/aicw-visibility: Free, open-source CLI and MCP server that checks whether AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, CCBot) and search engines can access your website: robots.txt, llms.txt, sitemap, JSON-LD, meta tags, JavaScript rendering and Common Crawl presence. Runs locally. · GitHub - GitHub - aicw-io/aicw-visibility: Free, open-source CLI and MCP server that checks whether AI crawlers (GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Perpl..." } ], "searchRequests": 2, "checkedAt": "2026-11-07T08:14:37.392Z" } ] } ] }