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Questions people ask about AI visibility

Short, straight answers to the questions UK businesses ask about AI visibility, Generative Engine Optimisation, AI crawlers, structured data and Seoptist itself.

Agencies

Can I export reports?

Yes. PDF reports from Growth, white-labelled on Agency and Enterprise; the checklist exports to CSV and a weekly email summary is included from Starter.

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Do you support white-label reports?

Yes, on the Agency plan (£399/month) and Enterprise: your logo and colours on reports, separate client workspaces and client-viewer logins.

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How do I report AI visibility to clients?

Report trends not snapshots: share of voice and visibility per engine over time, accuracy issues fixed and checklist progress, monthly, in a white-label PDF.

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How many clients can I manage as an agency?

The Agency plan supports 20 client brands with 15 team seats and 300 prompts shared across clients; Enterprise removes the limits.

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Content

How do I get cited by Perplexity?

Allow PerplexityBot, publish pages that answer one specific question directly near the top, and make sure the facts match what other sources say about you.

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How do I write content that AI assistants will quote?

Answer first, name yourself, be specific, keep one topic per section, and add FAQ blocks; assistants lift short, self-contained, factual paragraphs.

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Should I create an FAQ page for GEO?

Yes, but put FAQs on the pages they belong to rather than one giant FAQ page, and only include questions customers genuinely ask.

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GEO basics

Does ChatGPT use my website?

Yes, in two ways: your pages may be in its training data, and ChatGPT with search fetches live pages when a user asks something it needs to look up.

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How long does GEO take to show results?

Retrieval engines such as Perplexity and ChatGPT with search reflect changes in days to weeks; knowledge baked into training data takes months.

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What is a prompt set?

A prompt set is the fixed list of questions you put to AI assistants every week to measure visibility, the GEO equivalent of a keyword list.

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What is the difference between SEO and GEO?

SEO gets you ranked in a list of links; GEO gets you named and cited in an AI-written answer. The foundations overlap, the measurement does not.

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Local

Do AI assistants recommend local businesses?

Yes. Ask for a plumber or dentist in a UK town and ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity return a short named list drawn from your site, GBP, directories and reviews.

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Does Google Business Profile matter for AI answers?

Yes, a great deal for local prompts. Gemini and AI Overviews draw on it directly, and every engine uses it to corroborate your name, address, hours and reviews.

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What is NAP consistency and why does it matter for AI?

NAP is name, address and phone. When they match everywhere, assistants are confident you are one real business; when they differ, they hedge or get them wrong.

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Measuring

How do I see AI traffic in GA4?

Filter session source for chatgpt.com, perplexity.ai, gemini.google.com and copilot, or build a custom channel group; GA4 has no built-in AI channel.

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How many prompts should I track?

Most local businesses need 20 to 30 prompts; multi-service brands and e-commerce 50 to 100; agencies typically run 15 to 30 per client.

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How often should I check AI visibility?

Weekly is the right cadence for most businesses; daily only matters during a launch, a rebrand or an active accuracy problem.

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What is a good share of voice?

It depends on how many competitors you track, but as a rule of thumb anything above your fair share (100% divided by brands tracked) means you are winning.

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What is an accuracy alert?

An alert raised when an AI assistant states something that contradicts your verified facts, such as a wrong price, address, phone number or opening hours.

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Why do AI answers change every time I ask?

Models are probabilistic and retrieval varies run to run, so one prompt can give different lists. Measure with repeated samples, not a single answer.

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Pricing and product

Can I cancel any time?

Yes. Cancel from Billing via the Stripe customer portal; you keep access until the end of the paid period and there is no minimum term on monthly plans.

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Do you scrape ChatGPT?

No. Seoptist uses official APIs (OpenAI, Gemini, Perplexity Sonar, Anthropic) and licensed data providers only. No fake accounts, no UI scraping.

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How much does Seoptist cost?

Starter £49, Growth £149 and Agency £399 a month, Enterprise from £1,000 a month; all in GBP, excluding VAT, with two months free on annual billing.

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Is the free AI Visibility Check really free?

Yes. Enter your domain, sector and city, verify your email, and you get results for 5 prompts on 2 engines. No card, no trial, no obligation.

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What happens after the 14-day trial?

Your trial converts to the plan you chose at sign-up and the card on file is charged, unless you cancel before day 14. Nothing is charged during the trial.

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Which AI engines do you track?

ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity on every plan; Growth adds Claude and Google AI Overviews; Agency and Enterprise cover all seven including AI Mode and Copilot.

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Technical SEO

Can I block AI crawlers and still rank in Google?

Yes. Blocking GPTBot, ClaudeBot or PerplexityBot has no effect on Google rankings, but you cannot opt out of AI Overviews without also leaving Google Search.

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Do AI assistants read JavaScript-rendered content?

Mostly not. Googlebot renders JavaScript; GPTBot, ClaudeBot and PerplexityBot read raw HTML only, so client-side-only content is invisible to them.

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Does schema markup help AI visibility?

Yes, indirectly but reliably: valid LocalBusiness, Product and FAQPage JSON-LD gives models unambiguous facts and reduces confusion with similar names.

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Is llms.txt a ranking factor?

No. No major search engine or AI provider has confirmed using llms.txt. It is cheap and harmless to add, but it will not move rankings or AI answers on its own.

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