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Citation Pilot

AI engines decide which brands get named in the answer. Fly into the cloud that earns the citation, dodge the distractions, and find out if your GEO instincts get you recommended or leave you invisible. Every answer links to its source.

12 gates~3 minFree scoreEvery answer sourced

Pre-flight briefing

Two clouds per round. Fly into the one that gets you cited.

Flight UG-01 · Pune to Page One

Cleared for take-off

Each round shows 2 answer clouds. Fly into the one that gets your brand cited. Birds are distractions: hype, trends, shiny objects. Chase them and you'll know about it.

Mouse or drag to steer · Arrow keys or W / S · Enter for next gate

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The reason behind each answer, with its source, appears here after every gate.

What Citation Pilot tests

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the work of getting a brand named and linked inside AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. The 12 gates cover 4 pillars: whether AI crawlers can reach your pages, whether your content is worth quoting, whether your brand carries trust signals beyond your own site, and whether you measure AI visibility at all.

Every answer is checked against a primary source, mostly Google, OpenAI and published research, and each gate links to it. Sources were read on 9 Nov 2026.

Questions

What is a good Citation Pilot score?

11 or 12 out of 12 earns the Recommended rank. 8 to 10 is Cited, 5 to 7 is Mentioned, and below 5 means AI engines are answering your category without you.

Is GEO different from SEO?

They overlap. Google says the same foundational SEO best practices apply to its AI features. GEO adds work outside Google: letting AI crawlers like OAI-SearchBot in, earning third-party mentions, and tracking prompts in ChatGPT and Perplexity.

How do I check my real AI visibility?

Use Search Console's Generative AI performance report for Google's AI features, and run a fixed set of buyer prompts in ChatGPT and Perplexity every month to log whether your brand is mentioned or cited.