The new front door is AI search

Show up when your buyers ask ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini.

Your prospects research with AI before they ever hit Google. Citevera scans your site, fixes what AI engines cannot read or trust, and gets you into the answer. The scan is free and you do not need to sign up.

8% vs 15%search clicks with vs without an AI summary - Pew Research Center, July 2025

Most sites take 1-3 minutes. You do not need a credit card, and you can see the score without signing up.

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Type
Overall
AEO readiness72
GEO readiness64
Crawlability68
Built alongside operators from
ChurnStop
SheetLink Forms
SmartFixWP
SiteAnswerAI
Voquii
The problem

Your prospects are using AI to research. Are you showing up?

When a buyer asks ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini who to consider in your category, either your site gets named or your competitors do. There is no middle slot.

The buyer never sees you

If AI cannot read or trust your site, it skips you. Your prospect gets an answer naming three other vendors, and you are not one of them.

The traffic shifts away from search

A growing share of your category research now happens in a chat window instead of a results page. Sites optimized for AI capture that traffic, and the rest lose it.

You cannot tell what is broken

There is no Search Console for AI answers. Most teams have no idea whether ChatGPT can read their pages, let alone whether it would quote them.

Why AI search matters now

Four numbers behind the shift.

These four measurements explain why AI search visibility is no longer a 2027 problem. Every stat carries its source, date, sample size, and framing. Independent panel data comes first, and vendor analyses are labelled as such.

8% vs 15%
Search clicks with vs without an AI summary

When an AI summary appears, users click a search result 8% of the time vs 15% without one; only ~1% click sources inside the AI answer.

Pew Research Center, July 2025, panel of ~900 US adults' actual browsing · Methodology

~34.5%
Fewer clicks on the top result under AI Overviews

The top organic result saw ~34.5% fewer clicks when an AI Overview appeared. Ahrefs' May 2026 update measured a 58% reduction - the effect has grown, not faded.

Ahrefs, March 2025, 300k keywords (150k with AI Overviews, 150k without) · Methodology

~4.4x
More valuable visitors from AI search

AI-search visitors converted at ~4.4x the rate of traditional organic visitors - fewer clicks, but the ones that arrive are further down the funnel. Vendor analysis.

Semrush, 2025, 10M+ keyword dataset · Methodology

3.2x
More traffic on AI-crawled local-SMB sites

Sites that allowed AI crawling saw 3.2x more traffic (mean 527.7 vs 164.9 sessions per site; the published study does not state the measurement window) and 2.7x more form submissions (4.17 vs 1.57) than sites that did not. Single-platform, correlational.

Duda, February 2026, 858k sites on a single platform · Methodology

Every statistic we cite, with sources, sample sizes, and framing notes

What you get

Citevera makes your site the one AI recommends.

One scan gives you a clear visibility score and the exact fixes that get your site cited.

Visible to every major AI engine

Citevera checks your site against what ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews look for, then closes the gaps.

Coverage across all 5 engines
Cited as a source, not skipped

The fixes target the exact signals AI uses to decide whose words to quote, so your site becomes the recommendation instead of a footnote.

Copy-paste fix per finding
Qualified traffic from AI referrals

Traffic from AI answers tends to convert better than cold search clicks. You get fewer tire-kickers and more buyers who already know what you do.

Tracked over time on paid tiers
How it works

The technical work runs on autopilot.

You point Citevera at your URL. We do the rest.

1. Scan

Paste your URL. In 1-3 minutes for most sites, Citevera produces a visibility score and a ranked list of what is keeping AI engines from quoting your site.

2. Fix

Every issue ships with the exact change to make. WordPress users can auto-apply most of them with one click. Other stacks get clear copy-paste instructions.

3. Monitor

Re-scan on demand or let Citevera watch for regressions. You get an alert the moment something slips and your visibility starts to dip.

Here is what you walk away with

A real report, not a teaser.

Every scan produces a visibility score, a ranked priority list, and a copy-paste fix per finding. Open a real one and read it end to end before you ever paste your URL.

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Sample report - illustrative
Audit for
adminlocks.com
Overall
AEO readiness58
GEO readiness44
Crawlability48
highmissing
Missing Article schema on 3 blog posts

Article JSON-LD is absent on /blog/* - structured Article markup is one of the extraction signals answer engines rely on when selecting citations.

mediumweak
FAQ block detected but not marked up

4 question headings on /pricing look like an FAQ. Adding FAQPage schema lets ChatGPT quote the answer directly.

lowpresent
robots.txt allows every AI crawler

GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended all explicitly allowed. Good.

Visibility score

A clear 0 to 100 number plus the three sub-scores driving it.

Ranked fix list

Issues sorted by leverage, so the first thing you ship is the one with the most impact.

Copy-paste fix per item

Each item is the actual artifact, content rewrite, or access rule, ready to ship rather than advice about it.

Monitoring plus fixes

Most tools stop at monitoring. Citevera monitors AND fixes.

Profound, Otterly, and the rest report which AI answers mention you. That is useful telemetry, but it does not change anything, and the next AI answer still names the same three vendors. Citevera audits what AI engines look for, ships the fix, then tracks whether you got cited.

Monitoring alone
"Here is who AI mentioned this week."
  • Tracks how often you appear in AI answers.
  • Shows you the leaderboard for your category.
  • Hands you a chart rather than a fix.
  • You still have to figure out what to change.
Citevera
"Here is what to ship, and proof it worked."
  • Audits the signals AI engines look at.
  • Ranks the gaps by leverage rather than alphabetically.
  • Hands you the artifact, rewrite, or access rule to ship.
  • Tracks citations across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini, and a re-scan confirms the fix landed.

Every paid plan includes citation monitoring: weekly runs across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini on our keys, with nothing for you to configure. The fix work is what changes the result.

Pricing

Start free. Pay when it is working.

Every URL gets a free scan and a free score. Paid plans unlock re-scans, regression alerts, multi-site coverage, and built-in citation monitoring.

See pricing

Plans from $49/mo. Free tier never expires.

Questions

Frequently asked

Will this improve my SEO?

For the AI search side, yes. Citevera tunes the signals ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews look at when they pick which sites to quote. The classic blue-link side is what tools like Ahrefs and Semrush handle. The two stacks are increasingly the same audience asking different surfaces.

How do I know if ChatGPT can see my site?

Run a free scan. You will get a visibility score, the top reasons AI engines might be skipping you, and the exact fixes to ship. Most sites get a result in 1-3 minutes.

What happens after I run a scan?

You see your visibility score, a ranked issue list, and a copy-paste fix for each item. The headline numbers need no signup. Drop in an email to unlock the full report. Paid plans add regression alerts, re-scans on demand, and weekly citation monitoring across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini. Monitoring runs on our keys, so there is nothing for you to configure.

Is this a WordPress plugin or something else?

Both. There is a free WordPress plugin that auto-applies most fixes inside WP Admin, and a hosted scanner that works on any stack (Next.js, Astro, Hugo, Webflow, custom, anything you can point a URL at). If you are on WordPress, see the WordPress page below for the one-click path.

Does it work for my stack?

Yes. The scanner reads any public URL. Fixes are stack-neutral copy-paste artifacts you (or your dev) drop in once. WordPress users get the plugin path; everyone else gets clear instructions per fix.

How is this different from a citation tracker like Profound or Otterly?

Trackers report current citations and stop there. Citevera audits the gaps, ships the fix, then tracks citations across ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini to confirm it landed, which closes the loop the trackers leave open. Monitoring is included in every paid Citevera plan rather than sold as a separate tracker subscription, because the fix work is what changes the answer.

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