# PilotCite

> PilotCite is an AI visibility monitoring platform. It tracks when and how
> AI platforms (ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Google AI
> Mode, Claude, Microsoft Copilot, Grok) cite or mention a brand, measures
> share of voice against competitors, and generates source-backed content.

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## Features

- [AI Citation Monitoring](https://pilotcite.com/features/citation-monitoring): Scheduled monitoring of the prompts your buyers actually ask AI platforms — citation rate, sources, sentiment, and drift over time, per platform.
- [AI Competitor Analysis](https://pilotcite.com/features/competitor-analysis): See which competitors AI platforms cite instead of you, with share of voice, sentiment, and the exact answers and sources behind every mention.
- [Source-Backed Content Generation](https://pilotcite.com/features/content-generation): Generate articles grounded in real research and citations — built to close the specific visibility gaps your AI monitoring uncovers.
- [AI Readability Site Audit](https://pilotcite.com/features/site-audit): Audit whether AI crawlers can read your site: rendering, structure, metadata, and the fixes that make your pages citable by AI engines.

## AI Visibility Glossary

- [What is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/generative-engine-optimization): GEO is the practice of making a brand more likely to be cited and recommended by AI engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity. Definition and how to measure it.
- [What is AI Visibility?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/ai-visibility): AI visibility is how often and how favorably AI platforms mention or cite a brand in their answers. Definition, metrics, and how to track it.
- [What is Share of Voice in AI Search?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/share-of-voice): Share of voice in AI search is the percentage of AI answers in a prompt set that feature your brand versus competitors. Definition and formula.
- [What is Citation Rate?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/citation-rate): Citation rate is the share of monitored AI answers that link your domain as a source. Definition, formula, and how it differs from brand mentions.
- [What are Google AI Overviews?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/ai-overviews): AI Overviews are Google’s AI-generated answers at the top of search results. What they are, how they cite sources, and why they change SEO.
- [What is Prompt Monitoring?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/prompt-monitoring): Prompt monitoring is repeatedly asking AI platforms the questions your buyers ask, and tracking how answers, citations, and sentiment change.
- [What is Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/answer-engine-optimization): AEO is optimizing content to be selected and quoted by answer engines like Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Definition and how it differs from GEO and SEO.
- [What is a Brand Mention in AI Search?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/brand-mention): A brand mention is when an AI answer names your brand, with or without a link. Definition, how it differs from a citation, and why both matter.
- [What are AI Crawlers?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/ai-crawlers): AI crawlers fetch web pages for answer engines and model training. What they are, how they differ from Googlebot, and how to decide whether to allow them.
- [What is llms.txt?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/llms-txt): llms.txt is a proposed plain-text index of a site for LLM crawlers, the markdown counterpart to robots.txt. What it is, what it does, and its limits.
- [What is Entity Consistency?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/entity-consistency): Entity consistency is keeping the same brand facts across your site and the wider web so AI engines reconcile them into one stable identity. Definition and why it matters.
- [What are AI Brand Hallucinations?](https://pilotcite.com/glossary/ai-brand-hallucinations): AI brand hallucinations are false or conflated facts an answer engine states about a brand. What they are, why they happen, and how monitoring catches them.

## Blog

- [What is GEO? A Practical Guide to Generative Engine Optimization](https://pilotcite.com/blog/what-is-geo): Generative engine optimization explained: how AI engines choose what to cite, how GEO differs from SEO, and a practical framework for starting.
- [How AI Search Engines Choose What to Cite](https://pilotcite.com/blog/how-ai-engines-choose-citations): What makes ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews cite one page over another — retrieval, source quality signals, and content structure.
- [GEO vs SEO: What Changes and What Carries Over](https://pilotcite.com/blog/geo-vs-seo): SEO fundamentals still matter for AI search, but the ranking surface changed. Where GEO and SEO overlap, where they diverge, and how to budget effort.
- [How to Get Cited by ChatGPT](https://pilotcite.com/blog/how-to-get-cited-by-chatgpt): A practical checklist for earning ChatGPT citations: crawlable pages, citable atomic facts, entity consistency, and measuring whether it works.
- [AI Visibility Metrics That Actually Matter](https://pilotcite.com/blog/ai-visibility-metrics): Citation rate, brand mention rate, share of voice, and sentiment: what each AI visibility metric means and which ones to act on.
- [How to Get Cited by Perplexity](https://pilotcite.com/blog/how-to-get-cited-by-perplexity): Perplexity cites sources on nearly every answer. A practical checklist for earning those citations: retrievable pages, answer-first structure, and per-prompt measurement.
- [How to Choose Which Prompts to Monitor for AI Visibility](https://pilotcite.com/blog/choosing-prompts-to-monitor): Your prompt set is the targeting list for AI visibility monitoring. How to pick buyer-intent questions, size the set to your plan, and avoid vanity queries.
- [Should You Block AI Crawlers?](https://pilotcite.com/blog/should-you-block-ai-crawlers): Blocking AI crawlers protects content but removes you from AI answers. A decision framework: which crawlers to allow, which to block, and the trade in each direction.
- [A Practical Guide to llms.txt](https://pilotcite.com/blog/llms-txt-guide): What llms.txt is, what it does and doesn't do, how to write one, and whether it actually helps you get cited by AI engines. A grounded guide without the hype.
- [AI Visibility Monitoring for SEO Agencies](https://pilotcite.com/blog/ai-visibility-for-agencies): How agencies turn AI visibility into a recurring client service: per-brand prompt sets, evidence-backed reports, and content that closes the gaps monitoring finds.

## Use Cases

- [PilotCite for SEO Agencies](https://pilotcite.com/use-cases/seo-agencies): How agencies use PilotCite to deliver AI visibility monitoring across client brands — per-client prompt sets, share of voice, and evidence-backed reports.
- [PilotCite for Marketing Teams](https://pilotcite.com/use-cases/marketing-teams): How in-house marketing teams track AI visibility as a KPI — citation rate, competitor share of voice, and content that closes prompt gaps.
- [PilotCite for Startups](https://pilotcite.com/use-cases/startups): How startups start free with 5 ChatGPT prompts, baseline AI visibility, and expand monitoring as the brand and budget grow.
- [PilotCite for Multi-Market Brands](https://pilotcite.com/use-cases/multi-market-brands): How brands operating across regions use market-specific prompt sets to measure AI visibility the way local buyers experience it.