AnswerEngine · How It Works
From site scan to AI citations in 5 steps.
The exact workflow BAC Water Depot ran on itself, productized and automated for any site. Sign up in 2 minutes, scan in 30, first AI citation report in 24 hours.
Site Scan + geoScore Audit
Drop your domain into the onboarding flow. We crawl 50–500 pages on your site, parse the schema.org JSON-LD on every page, measure direct-answer extractability, table density, internal link structure, and llms.txt coverage. We compute a geoScore (0-100) per page and a site-wide rollup.
Deliverable: Full page-by-page audit + 10 prioritized fixes
AI Citation Baseline
We pull your target keyword list (or auto-derive one from your site), then query ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and Claude with each query. We record whether each engine cites your site, which URL was cited, and at what rank. This is the baseline we measure against — and the killer feature no other tool has.
Deliverable: Baseline AI citation report across 4 engines
Content Gap Analysis
We compare your existing pages to your target keywords. Where you don't have a page, we add it to your Content Backlog with a proposed slug, primary keyword, angle, and intent. We sort by buyer-intent score so the highest-value gaps surface first.
Deliverable: Prioritized backlog of 20–200 missing pages
Auto-Publish (Review & Approve)
We draft each backlog page using the AEO-winning template — direct answer in the first 200 words + structured comparison table + FAQPage + HowTo + Article JSON-LD. DeepSeek does bulk drafts ($0.001 per page), Claude polishes premium pages (~$0.10). You review each draft in the dashboard. Click Approve, we push to your CMS via API or open a PR to your repo.
Deliverable: 10–150 schema-rich pages published per month
Ongoing AI Visibility Monitoring
Daily AI citation checks across all 4 engines. Weekly schema audit on new pages. Weekly Reddit answer-radar in your niche subreddits. Monthly competitor /vs comparison page generation. Quarterly llms.txt rebuild. You watch the citation rate climb in the dashboard.
Deliverable: Weekly progress report + Slack alerts for citation wins
Four AI engines tracked
Daily citation checks across the engines your buyers actually use.
ChatGPT
OpenAI's flagship — the most-used AI assistant. We check via the public API.
Perplexity
Citation-first AI search. Reddit, Wikipedia, and authoritative-source-heavy. The highest-conversion traffic source of any AI engine.
Google AI Mode
Google's AI-powered search overlay. Citations here directly impact Google referral traffic.
Claude
Anthropic's assistant. Growing share, especially in technical and B2B verticals.
Frequently Asked Questions
How long does the initial site scan take?
Most sites are scanned in 5–30 minutes. Large e-commerce or content sites (>500 pages) can take 1–2 hours. You'll get an email when the scan completes with the geoScore report ready to view.
How accurate is the AI citation tracking?
We query each AI engine directly with your keyword list and parse the cited sources from the response. ChatGPT and Perplexity expose source URLs in their answers — we capture those directly. Google AI Mode and Claude are checked via headless browser when their API doesn't expose citations. False-positive rate is under 2% in our internal validation.
Do you publish pages without my approval?
Default is review-and-approve: every draft lands in your dashboard for review before publishing. On Growth and Scale plans you can opt into auto-publish for specific content categories (FAQ pages, /vs comparisons, reconstitution charts, etc.) once you've reviewed a few drafts and trust the output.
How does the integration with my site work?
Two paths: (1) API push — we POST generated pages to your CMS via an authenticated webhook (works with most headless CMSs). (2) PR mode — we open a pull request to your GitHub repo with the MDX/HTML file. Both modes give you final say before content goes live.
What if my site is on Webflow / Shopify / WordPress?
Webflow: API integration via the Webflow CMS API. Shopify: page push via Storefront API + Liquid template. WordPress: REST API integration. All three are supported in the Starter plan and up.
Will AnswerEngine work for my niche?
Highest impact in: B2B SaaS, DTC ecommerce, research supply, healthcare info, finance/insurance, legal services, professional services, software comparison sites. If your buyers ask ChatGPT 'best X for Y' or 'how do I Z', this moves the needle. Less impact in: pure-brand sites with no answer-engine-discoverable content (e.g. pure portfolio sites).
