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Original research and educational content on how AI assistants find, describe and recommend brands.

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Guides·Oct 12, 2026·14 min read

How to Evaluate an AI Visibility Platform: A Buyer’s Checklist

Eight criteria for evaluating an AI visibility platform: engine coverage, query limits, shipped fixes, CMS delivery, approval, pricing. Scorecard included.

David Andersen

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Research, analysis and guides on how AI assistants find, describe and recommend brands.

Industry Analysis12 min read

Best GEO Tools in 2026: A Buyers Guide

An honest buyers guide to 7 GEO platforms (Profound, Peec AI, Scrunch AI, OtterlyAI, Semrush, SE Ranking, and BrandViz.AI) with...

David Andersen· Aug 17, 2026
Guides7 min read

Running a Full AI Visibility Program Without an Engineering Team

How a GTM director runs a complete AI visibility program with no dev queue: BrandViz.AI diagnoses gaps, builds schema and content...

David Andersen· Aug 17, 2026
Guides8 min read

AI Is Saying Something Wrong About Your Brand: How to Find and Fix It

AI models described BrandViz.AI as a "lightweight scan-led tool" — the opposite of what we do. Here is how AI misrepresentation...

David Andersen· Aug 13, 2026
Guides7 min read

I've Been Monitoring My AI Visibility Score for Months and Nothing Has...

An AI Visibility Score is a lagging indicator: it only moves when fixes have shipped. Why scores plateau, and what has to deploy...

David Andersen· Aug 13, 2026
Guides8 min read

What Is AI Reputation Management? (And Why Monitoring Alone Won't Fix It)

AI reputation management is the work of shaping how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini and Perplexity describe and recommend your brand....

Rushana Maksudova· Aug 12, 2026
Industry Analysis8 min read

The AI Visibility Audit: What a Real Diagnosis Covers Before Any Fix Ships

Two companies get an AI visibility report. One gets a score. The other gets cross-model breakdowns, competitor citation share,...

David Andersen· Aug 11, 2026
Industry Analysis8 min read

Why Your Brand Has Good SEO But Zero AI Citations: The 5 Technical Causes

You rank on page one. Your blog has dozens of posts. ChatGPT still ignores you. The gap between good SEO and AI citation is...

David Andersen· Aug 8, 2026
Guides8 min read

Which GEO Tools Actually Ship Fixes to Your CMS (Not Just Report Them)

Most AI visibility platforms hand you a prioritised report and stop. A small number build the fixes and ship them to your CMS...

David Andersen· Aug 6, 2026
Guides8 min read

What the BrandViz Engine Actually Does (Step by Step)

BrandViz.AI runs a four-phase cycle: diagnosing AI visibility gaps across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity; building...

David Andersen· Aug 4, 2026
Original Research9 min read

What Is Entity Resolution in AI Search — and Why Getting It Wrong Makes AI...

If AI cannot place your brand, it skips you. Four symptoms of poor entity resolution, a 20-minute audit, and the schema and...

David Andersen· Aug 2, 2026
Guides8 min read

Which GEO Platforms Integrate Directly With HubSpot, Webflow, WordPress,...

Most GEO tools stop at the report. This guide explains which platforms actually ship schema fixes and content as drafts to...

David Andersen· Jul 31, 2026
Guides10 min read

How Automated Schema Markup Gets Your Brand Cited by AI Answer Engines

Schema markup removes the guesses an AI crawler makes about who you are and what a page is. The 5 types a B2B SaaS site needs,...

David Andersen· Jul 29, 2026
Guides7 min read

GEO Monitoring Tool with No Technical Team: What to Actually Look For

Most GEO monitoring tools hand you a findings report and stop. For a team with no technical resources, that report is a to-do...

David Andersen· Jul 27, 2026
Guides8 min read

Your Google Analytics Is Hiding AI Traffic From You

Google AI Overview and AI Mode clicks show up in GA4 as standard organic traffic. Google Search Console has no filter to separate...

David Andersen· May 18, 2026
Guides9 min read

How to Write Content AI Models Will Cite

A practical guide for copywriters and content marketers. The six structural writing decisions that determine whether AI models...

David Andersen· May 11, 2026
Guides9 min read

Why Is My Brand Invisible on AI Chatbots?

Your competitors show up in ChatGPT. You do not. This guide explains exactly why AI chatbots skip your brand, which sources they...

David Andersen· Apr 16, 2026
Guides8 min read

How to Measure the ROI of Generative Engine Optimization

AI search traffic converts at 5.1x the rate of Google organic. A six-metric GEO ROI framework: citation rate, AI-referred...

David Andersen· Apr 13, 2026
Industry Analysis8 min read

The B2B Buyer Journey Has Changed: Are You Winning the AI Shortlist?

95% of B2B deals are won by a vendor already on the buyer's Day One shortlist. In 2026, AI chatbots are how buyers build that...

David Andersen· Apr 10, 2026
Guides9 min read

AI Visibility Score Explained: What It Measures and How to Improve Yours

The AI Visibility Score is a composite metric that gives B2B marketing teams a single, trackable number for their brand's...

David Andersen· Apr 7, 2026
Industry Analysis8 min read

The Best Free AI Visibility Tools and Reports in 2026

A genuinely honest guide to every free AI visibility tool, trial, and one-time report available in 2026. Covers BrandViz.AI,...

David Andersen· Apr 3, 2026
Guides9 min read

How to Get Your Brand Recommended by AI Chatbots: A Step-by-Step Guide

A 7-step guide to getting your B2B SaaS brand recommended by ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Covers diagnosis, review...

David Andersen· Mar 31, 2026
Industry Analysis8 min read

The Reddit Myth: Why Aggregate AI Citation Studies Are Misleading Your...

Studies showing Reddit and Wikipedia dominate AI citations are technically accurate and strategically useless. Here is the...

David Andersen· Mar 27, 2026
Guides9 min read

How to Measure and Prove the ROI of Your GEO Efforts

A practical framework for measuring AI visibility ROI and reporting it to leadership. Learn the three metrics that matter, how to...

David Andersen· Mar 24, 2026
Guides7 min read

Why Are My Competitors Showing Up in ChatGPT and I'm Not?

Your Google ranking is irrelevant to ChatGPT. This guide diagnoses exactly why competitors get recommended by AI chatbots while...

David Andersen· Mar 20, 2026
Industry Analysis8 min read

SEO vs GEO: Why Strong Search Rankings Don't Guarantee AI Visibility

Strong SEO and strong AI visibility are not the same thing. Learn why the signals that make Google rank a page are fundamentally...

David Andersen· Mar 16, 2026
Original Research5 min read

AI Can't Pick a Winner in Project Management Software. Here's Why the...

We asked ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity to recommend PM tools across 90 buying scenarios. 31 tools mentioned. 7 leaders....

David Andersen· Dec 16, 2025
Original Research5 min read

The CRM Duopoly Controls 61% of AI Mentions - But One Leader Wins, One...

Salesforce gets mentioned first 41% of the time. It still loses.

David Andersen· Dec 7, 2025
Original Research5 min read

Mailchimp Is the Most Visible Email Tool in AI - Yet Loses 86% of...

We analyzed 90 buying scenarios across ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Here's what we found about visibility vs...

David Andersen· Dec 3, 2025

Learn How BrandViz.AI Works

What we track, how we collect data, and how to turn insights into action. No fluff, just the mechanics.

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Docs4 min read

How We're Different

Most tools track generic keywords. We simulate how your actual buyers research, and that changes what you see.

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Docs5 min read

How Actions Work

Data without direction is just noise. See how we turn visibility gaps into your prioritized to-do list.

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Docs3 min read

How We Select Your Competitors

No manual research required. We identify your competitors automatically and explain why each one matters to your specific market.

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Key Concepts

GEO, AEO, LLMO: the terminology is new, but the goal is simple. Get recommended by AI. Start here.

Start with GEO
Guide10 min read

What is GEO?

Generative Engine Optimization explained - how to get your brand recommended by AI.

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Guide8 min read

What is LLMO?

LLM Optimization - the technical foundation of AI visibility.

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Guide6 min read

What is AEO?

Answer Engine Optimization - optimizing for AI-powered answer engines.

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Head-to-Head Comparisons

Evaluating GEO tools? These pages compare BrandViz.AI directly against each alternative: pricing, features, and who each tool is actually built for.

Comparison8 min read

BrandViz.AI vs Profound

The most-funded GEO platform vs the action-first alternative. Compare pricing, AI coverage, and who each tool is actually built for.

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Comparison7 min read

BrandViz.AI vs Otterly.AI

Both are purpose-built GEO platforms. The difference is what happens after the data: Otterly shows your score, BrandViz tells you exactly what to fix.

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Comparison7 min read

BrandViz.AI vs Semrush

A comprehensive SEO suite with AI tracking as one feature vs a platform purpose-built for AI visibility. Two very different tools for two different jobs.

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Comparison6 min read

BrandViz.AI vs Brand24

Direct AI queries vs web mention tracking. Two approaches to understanding your brand's AI presence, and when each one matters.

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Comparison6 min read

BrandViz.AI vs Brandwatch

AI visibility tracking vs social listening. Different tools for different problems, and why most B2B teams eventually need both.

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Comparison6 min read

BrandViz.AI vs Hall

Buyer-journey action plans vs comprehensive AI monitoring. Hall offers a generous free tier; BrandViz.AI goes deeper on what to do with the data.

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Comparison6 min read

BrandViz.AI vs Peec AI

Custom action plans for B2B SaaS vs comprehensive analytics dashboards. Compare features, pricing, and which team each tool is designed for.

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