Will AI search engines
cite your content?
Paste a URL or your text. Get a GEO score out of 100, an AI snippet prediction, and a rewritten opening — free.
Analyzing your content…
Built for the AI engines your audience uses
AI Citation Checker grades content against the signals Perplexity, ChatGPT Search, Gemini, and Claude actually use to decide what to cite.
Perplexity
Optimized for real-time search and citation signals like extractable claims and authority indicators.
ChatGPT Search
Structured for content hierarchy and clean semantic markup that ChatGPT can parse and extract passages from.
Google Gemini
Tailored for Google's multimodal model and the same E-E-A-T signals Google has always rewarded in search.
Claude
Built for clean reasoning chains and citation-friendly structure that Anthropic's models prefer when generating answers.
Grok
Optimized for X's real-time data integration and conversational citation style that Grok uses to generate answers.
Microsoft Copilot
Aligned with Bing's citation model and Microsoft's hybrid search-AI pipeline for enterprise and consumer queries.
Meta AI
Calibrated for Meta's AI assistant across WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook — where conversational authority drives citations.
AI search is happening faster than SEO can keep up
The brands that get cited by AI now will own the next decade of search.
ChatGPT queries per day
Source: OpenAI
Perplexity year-over-year growth
2024 · Source: Perplexity
AI share of global queries by 2028
Forecast · Source: Gartner
Traditional SEO measures whether you rank. GEO measures whether you get quoted. When users ask AI a question, they don't see a list of links — they see one answer with a handful of cited sources. Being one of those sources is the new top of the funnel.
SEO gets you found. GEO gets you cited.
They work together but optimize for different things.
Traditional SEO
- Goal: rank on page one
- Optimizes for keywords and backlinks
- Measured by clicks and rankings
- Pages need to be crawlable
- Audience clicks to find the answer
Generative Engine Optimization
- Goal: be the cited source
- Optimizes for extractable claims and evidence
- Measured by citation frequency
- Passages need to be quotable
- Audience reads the answer directly
GEO doesn't replace SEO — it extends it. Good SEO ensures AI engines can find your content. Good GEO ensures they actually cite it.
How the score works
Six criteria, weighted by how much AI engines rely on them.
Extractable Claims
Does the first 100 words contain a self-contained factual claim an AI can lift directly? Specific assertions score high; throat-clearing intros score zero.
Evidence Density
Specific statistics, dates, named sources, and proper nouns. "According to [Source] in [Year]" patterns score highest. "Studies show" scores zero.
Entity Clarity
Are subjects named explicitly rather than referenced with pronouns? Repeated canonical entity names score higher than ambiguous "it" and "they."
Passage Independence
Can each paragraph stand alone without surrounding context? Critical for AI retrieval chunking. Paragraphs that rely on earlier setup lose points.
Information Structure
Headers, bullet points, comparison tables, and short paragraphs under 3 sentences. Scannable structure that AI can chunk efficiently.
Freshness Signals
Does the content include recent dates, current statistics, and timely references? AI engines prefer citing content that signals up-to-date information.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)? +
GEO is the practice of structuring content so AI search engines like Perplexity, ChatGPT Search, and Gemini are more likely to extract and cite it in their answers. Unlike traditional SEO, GEO focuses on claim density, source attribution, and passage independence rather than keyword frequency or backlinks.
How is GEO different from SEO? +
SEO optimizes for ranking in traditional search results. GEO optimizes for being cited in AI-generated answers. They share a foundation — clean structure, quality content, crawlability — but measure different outcomes. SEO measures rankings and clicks. GEO measures citation frequency in AI responses.
Will GEO replace SEO? +
Not in the next several years. Google still handles around 86% of searches as of 2026. But AI search is growing 35% annually while traditional search is flat, so brands that wait will be playing catch-up. The smart move is doing both.
Which AI engines does this score for? +
The rubric is calibrated for Perplexity, ChatGPT Search, Google Gemini, and Claude. These engines share core citation criteria — extractable claims, source authority, semantic clarity — so a high GEO score should perform well across all of them.
How accurate is the GEO score? +
The score is a strong directional signal, not a guarantee. It's generated by Gemini using a structured rubric based on GEO research and is consistent across repeat runs. AI citation also depends on query relevance and domain authority — factors outside the rubric.
Can I grade a URL behind a paywall or login? +
No. The tool fetches URLs through a public reader and can only access publicly visible pages. Paywalled, login-gated, or JavaScript-only pages will either fail or return incomplete text. Use the Paste text tab to grade paywalled content directly.
How long does grading take? +
Typically 5–15 seconds. Most of the time is spent fetching the URL and waiting for the AI to respond. Pasting text directly is slightly faster since it skips the URL fetch step.
Do you store my content? +
Your score, AI snippet, and recommendations are saved to create a permanent shareable results page. The full text you submit is not stored — only the graded output.
Can I share my results? +
Yes. Every graded result gets a permanent, public URL you can share with colleagues, clients, or on social media. The page is publicly indexable and loads instantly thanks to edge caching.