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For founders and local business owners: how AI assistants decide which products and businesses to name, and how to check whether they name yours. Every figure links to its source.
The basics
- 6 OCTOBER 2026
Generative Engine Optimization: What the Terms Mean
GEO, AEO, LLM SEO and AI visibility are overlapping labels. Who uses which word, what Google says, and what the 2024 GEO paper actually tested.
- 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
How to Rank in ChatGPT: What Is Actually Known
We found no proof of how to get ChatGPT to name your product. What companies document, what only correlates, and the main controlled test we found.
- 30 SEPTEMBER 2026 · UPDATED 7 OCTOBER 2026
What Is AI Visibility, and How Is It Measured?
AI visibility is how often AI answers name or cite your brand. How three tools define it, why their numbers differ, and how Bevizio counts it.
For products and websites
- 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
Do AI Engines Ignore Small Software?
In one audit of about 37,000 AI runs, roughly half of the lowest-profile brands never appeared. What it covered and what it can’t tell you.
- 30 SEPTEMBER 2026
How Long Until AI Engines Find Your New Website?
The AI companies we checked give no timing for a new page. Here is what they and Google publish, what our own new site saw, and what to do while you wait.
- 29 SEPTEMBER 2026
Does ChatGPT Recommend Your Product? Here’s How to Check
AI answers vary from one ask to the next. Here’s how to check whether ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini name your product, and why one try tells you almost nothing.
- 29 SEPTEMBER 2026
Why AI Engines Name Your Competitor Instead of You
We haven’t found a study that isolates why an AI names one brand and not another. Here is what the documented evidence says, and what you can check.
For local businesses
- 7 OCTOBER 2026
Does ChatGPT Name Your Local Business? How to Check
Check by hand whether ChatGPT, Gemini and Google AI Mode name your local business, what to write down, and why one try tells you little. Or run a free check.
Method and tool comparisons
- 29 SEPTEMBER 2026
Why We Ask the Same Question 8 Times a Week
AI engines rarely repeat the same list of brands. Here’s the research behind counting how often you’re named, and how Bevizio asks eight times a week.
- 29 SEPTEMBER 2026 · UPDATED 6 NOVEMBER 2026
AI Visibility Tools Compared in 2026, With Sources
Otterly, Peec AI, Profound and Bevizio compared using each vendor’s own pages, dated 29 September 2026, including where each is the better fit.
Choosing between AI visibility tools? Read the tool comparisons.