How to Get Cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude & Gemini (2026)
We followed the Princeton GEO study and got cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude within weeks. Here are the 7 exact steps, with before/after data.
Feb 17, 2026•25 min read
Free AI Visibility Checker
See whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini can find, understand, and cite your brand.
One free scan checks bot access, structured data, llms.txt, and content signals, then returns a single 0-100 AI visibility score with a prioritized fix list. It runs on our AI Readiness Score engine.
What the checker measures
Bot Discoverability
Can GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, and Google reach your pages? Checks robots.txt, meta robots, and header rules across 14 AI bots.
Structured Data
JSON-LD coverage and quality — Organization, Article, FAQ, and the schema types AI engines use to understand and attribute your brand.
LLM Communication
llms.txt presence, structure, entity definitions, and use policy — the file that tells language models who you are and what to cite.
Content Accessibility
Server-side rendering, title and description quality, and whether your content is readable without JavaScript execution.
Cross-Signal Readiness
How well your signals agree: structured data, llms.txt, bot access, and SSR working together instead of contradicting each other.
Why AI visibility matters
AI search engines increasingly answer questions that used to start on Google. When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Gemini about your category, those engines pull from sources they can crawl, parse, and trust — and they name a short list of brands in the answer. If they cannot access or understand your site, you are invisible at the exact moment a buyer is deciding.
Traditional SEO checks how you rank. An AI visibility checker checks something different: whether AI systems can find your content, recognize your brand as an entity, and cite you in their answers. This free checker measures the technical signals that determine that outcome.
How the score works
The checker runs our AI Readiness Score engine, which synthesizes five weighted categories into one 0-100 score and an A-F grade. Run the full tool for the complete category breakdown.
Bot Discoverability
Structured Data
LLM Communication
Content Accessibility
Cross-Signal Readiness
Grade scale
A: 85-100B: 70-84C: 55-69D: 40-54F: 0-39
What you get for free
- A 0-100 AI visibility score with an A-F grade
- Category-by-category breakdown of what AI engines can and cannot see
- A pentagonal radar chart of your strengths and gaps
- A prioritized, AI-generated action roadmap
- One free audit per email — no credit card, no trial
Radar
Want the full picture across every AI engine?
Radar runs 13 AI visibility audits in parallel — crawl access, llms.txt, structured data, brand citations, and more — then surfaces cross-tool conflicts and ships a prioritized action plan for your domain.
Related free tools
AI Readiness ScoreThe engine behind this checker — run it for your full scored report.AI Crawl CheckerTest bot access for GPTBot, Claude, Perplexity, and 11 more.llms.txt ValidatorDeep-scan your llms.txt against the emerging specification.AI Citation TrackerCheck whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini cite you.
Comparing providers? See the best AI visibility agencies or run the AEO Page Auditor.
Frequently asked questions
What is a free AI visibility checker?
A free AI visibility checker is a tool that tests whether AI search engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini can find, read, and cite your website. It inspects bot access, structured data, llms.txt, and content accessibility, then returns a single score for how visible your brand is to AI answers. Pixelmojo runs this check for free using the AI Readiness Score engine.
Is this AI visibility tool actually free?
Yes. The AI visibility tool is free with a one-time email verification (a 6-digit code). You get one audit per email with a 0-100 score, an A-F grade, and a prioritized action roadmap. No credit card and no trial are required. Paid tools like the AEO Page Auditor and AI Citation Tracker are clearly marked and separate.
What does an AI search visibility checker measure?
An AI search visibility checker measures five things: bot discoverability (can AI crawlers reach your pages), structured data quality (the JSON-LD schema AI engines read), LLM communication (your llms.txt file), content accessibility (server-side rendering and readable content), and cross-signal readiness (whether all of those signals agree). Each feeds a weighted 0-100 score.
What is an LLM visibility checker and how is it different from an SEO tool?
An LLM visibility checker tests how large language models perceive and cite your brand, rather than how you rank in the ten blue links. Traditional SEO tools optimize for Google’s ranking algorithm; an LLM visibility checker optimizes for whether ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Gemini can access your content, understand your entity, and surface you in their answers. The two overlap but are not the same.
