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Alexandre Caramaschi
Alexandre Caramaschi

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Quick Question: Have You Checked If AI Engines Cite Your Site?

Have You Checked If AI Engines Cite Your Site?

Here's a 2-minute exercise that might surprise you.

Open three tabs:

  1. ChatGPT
  2. Perplexity
  3. Gemini

In each one, type:

"What is [your product/company name] and what does it do?"

Then try:

"What are the best tools for [your product category]?"

What to look for:

  • Does the AI mention you at all?
  • Is the information accurate?
  • Does it link to your site?
  • Does it confuse you with something else?

Most developers I've talked to have never done this. And most are surprised by the results — either their project is completely invisible, or the AI is confidently stating wrong information about it.

This is the starting point for Generative Engine Optimization (GEO): understanding how AI engines currently perceive your content, and then systematically improving that.

I'd love to hear your results. Drop a comment:

  • What did the AI say about your project?
  • Was it accurate?
  • Were you cited or invisible?

I'm writing a series on practical GEO techniques for developers. Knowing what you're seeing in the wild will help me focus on the right problems.

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