Question 1

What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?

Accepted Answer

Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimizing your digital presence so that AI answer engines (like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Grok) cite, reference, and recommend your brand in their AI-generated responses. Unlike traditional SEO which targets search engine result pages, GEO focuses on influencing how large language models select and present sources.

Question 2

How is GEO different from traditional SEO?

Accepted Answer

Traditional SEO optimizes for keyword rankings and backlinks on search engine result pages. GEO targets AI answer engines that synthesize information from multiple sources into direct answers. While SEO focuses on clickthrough rates, GEO focuses on citation rates, Share of Voice in AI responses, and entity-level authority that AI models use to select trusted sources.

Question 3

Which AI engines does DiscoveredBy track?

Accepted Answer

DiscoveredBy monitors your brand's visibility across ChatGPT (OpenAI), Gemini (Google), Perplexity, Claude (Anthropic), and Grok (xAI). Our platform runs daily automated prompts across all five engines to track how often your brand is cited, in what context, and compared to which competitors.

Question 4

How does DiscoveredBy improve my AI visibility?

Accepted Answer

DiscoveredBy follows a structured process: discovery and intelligent crawling, daily AI search monitoring, deep results analysis, actionable recommendations, and continuous performance tracking. We identify gaps between what AI engines cite and what your site offers, then provide specific technical and content recommendations.

Question 5

What are DiscoveredBy’s AI agents?

Accepted Answer

DiscoveredBy runs a team of twelve specialized AI agents that work your visibility automatically: the Business Profiler, Prompt Discovery, Sentiment & Framing, Visibility Watchdog, Citation Gap Finder, Article Topic Planner, Article Writer, On-Page Optimization, Search Console Reconciliation, Revenue Attribution, the Growth Advisor, and the llms.txt Advisor. Together they turn monitoring into clear, prioritized actions. See the Agents page for what each one does.

Question 6

Will On-Page Optimization invent changes or edit my site automatically?

Accepted Answer

No on both counts. Every recommendation is grounded in the pages AI engines actually cite for your prompt, and each suggested change is verified against the real source text: if a claimed “missing statistic” or entity isn’t present in a cited page, it’s dropped before you ever see it. Regulated medical, legal, and financial claims are flagged for human review. And nothing is applied automatically: the agent hands you paste-ready Markdown, CMS-safe HTML, or a JSON-LD block, and you decide what to ship. After you mark a change applied, it re-runs the affected prompts to check whether your visibility actually moved.

Question 7

Which plans include which agents?

Accepted Answer

The Business Profiler and Sentiment & Framing run on every plan, so every project, including the free tier, starts with a suggested set of prompts to track and sentiment scoring from day one. Starter adds ongoing Prompt Discovery (the agent that keeps refreshing your list with new prompts to track) plus the Citation Gap Finder, the Article Topic Planner, the Article Writer, and On-Page Optimization (up to 5 page fixes a month). The Google integrations, Search Console Reconciliation and GA4 Revenue Attribution, are available on every plan, so you can connect Search Console and GA4 from day one. The Visibility Watchdog, the Growth Advisor (a weekly narrative growth briefing), and the llms.txt Advisor (which audits your llms.txt against the spec and writes you a compliant one) are included on every paid plan. Growth scales On-Page Optimization to the top 20 pages refreshed weekly, and Pro scales it across the top 80 pages weekly and unlocks the full engine coverage and higher limits.

Question 8

How does DiscoveredBy keep my data secure?

Accepted Answer

Role-based access control is enforced on every endpoint with strict tenant isolation, so you can only ever access your own projects. Traffic is encrypted in transit, session cookies are http-only and secure, database queries are fully parameterized, and secrets and personal data are kept out of logs. See the Security page for details.

Question 9

Do you sell or share my data?

Accepted Answer

No. We never sell your data and we don’t share it between accounts. We collect only what’s needed to monitor your AI visibility, and your Google Search Console and Analytics connections use least-privilege, read-only scopes.

Question 10

When should I start optimizing for AI search?

Accepted Answer

Now. Billions of queries are already being answered by AI engines instead of traditional search. Early movers who optimize their content for AI citations will build compounding authority as these platforms grow. The longer you wait, the more ground competitors gain in AI-generated recommendations.

Question 11

Is DiscoveredBy suitable for small businesses?

Accepted Answer

Yes. Any business that relies on being found online benefits from AI search visibility. DiscoveredBy is free to get started. Whether you're a startup or enterprise, understanding how AI engines perceive your brand is essential as consumer behavior shifts toward AI-powered search.

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