Generative Engine Optimization

How often does AI
actually cite your brand?

Buyers now ask an AI "what's the best [product]?" and act on the answer, often without a single click. Tripcite measures your share of model across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude versus your competitors, then maps the fixes that lift it.

Independent measurement · multi-run medians · no promotion
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The shift nobody is measuring

A page-one Google ranking is worthless if the AI answer never names you.

60%
of searches now end without a click
800M+
weekly ChatGPT users asking it what to buy
~0
tools your competitors use to measure this, yet
How it works

From a question, to a number, to a plan that moves it.

01

Conversational queries

We build the real questions your buyers ask AI, by segment and journey stage, grounded in sales calls, support and search data. Not keyword fragments.

02

Every engine, many runs

Each query fires across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and AI Overviews, several times, to cut through the non-determinism.

03

Your share of model

You get the number: how often each engine cites you vs competitors, the sources behind every answer, and exactly where you lose.

04

Fix what moves the needle

Every audit ships a prioritised action plan, ranked by impact, so you know exactly what to fix first. Re-run monthly to watch your share of model climb.

What you measure

Not vanity metrics. The number that maps to pipeline.

The KPI · share of model
47%▲ 12% vs last month

How often AI names you across engines and queries. The one number to move.

monthly trend

Competitor leaderboard

1Your brand
47
2Competitor A
41
3Competitor B
33
4Competitor C
28

Citation sources

where AI looks
Reddit
28%
"Best X" listicles
24%
Review sites
18%
YouTube
14%
Your own site
9%

Recommended actions

auto-generated

Prioritised fixes from your audit, ranked by impact.

Get cited in 3 "best in category" roundups+8%High
Add Organization + Product schema (sameAs)+5%High
Answer-first rewrite of top 10 pages+4%Med
Strengthen entity authority (Wikipedia / KG)Med
Publish llms.txt + allow AI crawlersDone

Per engine

Each engine rewards different things.

96
Claude
78
Perplexity
72
Gemini
58
ChatGPT

Branded vs discovery

by query type
When they name you100%
When they discover you65%
FAQ

What is GEO, in plain terms.

What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?+

GEO is the practice of getting your brand mentioned and cited inside AI-generated answers, on ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews. Classic SEO optimizes for a ranked list of links; GEO optimizes for being named in the synthesized answer the buyer actually reads.

How is GEO different from SEO?+

They share a technical foundation but have different finish lines. SEO ranks a page in a list. GEO makes a passage get quoted and an entity get trusted. SEO is not dead; GEO is the new layer on top, because buyers now act on the AI answer, often without a single click.

What is "share of model"?+

Share of model is the percentage of AI answers that name your brand versus your competitors, broken down by engine and by query. It is the core GEO KPI: not where you rank, but how often the AI recommends you to your ideal customer.

Which AI engines does Tripcite measure?+

Perplexity, Google Gemini, ChatGPT (with web search), Anthropic Claude, and Google AI Overviews. Each engine cites differently, so a single number is never enough.

AI answers change every time. How do you measure that reliably?+

Generative answers are non-deterministic. Tripcite runs each query several times per engine and reports the median, so you act on trends, not a single lucky response.

Why does it matter if my brand appears in ChatGPT?+

Hundreds of millions of people now ask ChatGPT what to buy or use and act on the answer, often without clicking a single link. If the AI does not name you when it recommends your category, you lose the deal before you knew it existed. A page-one Google ranking is worthless if the generative answer never mentions you. ChatGPT and Gemini together reach the vast majority of AI users, so being cited there is where high-intent demand now starts.

What tools measure brand citations in generative AI?+

A handful of GEO tools track how often AI engines cite your brand, including Tripcite, Profound, Otterly.ai and Peec AI. Tripcite measures your share of model across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude versus your competitors, in English and Spanish, runs each query several times for stable medians, and returns a prioritized action plan. You can run a free baseline audit at tripcite.com.

When AI recommends your category,
does it name you?

Get a baseline audit of your share of model across every major AI engine. See exactly where you win, where you lose, and what to fix first.