Will AI Recommend You?
Buyers now ask AI assistants for recommendations before they ever reach your site. Enter your brand and a question a buyer might ask, and see whether you surface, and what is missing if you do not.
This is an AI-generated approximation of how an assistant might answer today, based on general knowledge. It is not a live query of ChatGPT, Perplexity, or any other engine, and results are directional.
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Why It Matters
Buyers Ask AI Before They Ask You
A growing share of buyers open an AI assistant before they open a browser tab. They ask for the best provider in your category and act on the answer. If the model does not name you, you are not on the shortlist, and most of the time you never find out you were left off.
Buyers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini for a shortlist before they ever land on your site. The assistant answers, and your brand is on the list or it is not.
Most AI answers name two or three providers it can corroborate. If you are not one of them, you are not in the consideration set.
There is no page two to scroll to. The buyer acts on the answer, books the calls it suggests, and the rest never get a look.
Getting recommended is not luck. The assistant cites the brands with the clearest, most corroborated signal: third-party mentions, comparison content, and structured data. That is exactly what AI visibility work builds. Our guide to AI Glazing breaks down how the model decides who to name.
How It Works
What This Tool Checks
Runs the Buyer’s Question
It takes a real question your buyer would ask and simulates how an assistant would answer it today.
Tells You If You Surface
A clear verdict for that query: mentioned, barely surfacing, or not mentioned at all.
Shows the Gaps
The specific signals you are missing, from third-party listicles to comparison pages and schema.
Points to the Fix
A starting point for the work that moves you into the answer, not just a score to stare at.
The Difference
Being Found vs Being Recommended
| Factor | Showing Up in Search | Being Recommended by AI |
|---|---|---|
| What the buyer does | Scans a page of links | Acts on a single answer |
| How you get there | Rank a page | Be the cited, corroborated choice |
| The signal that counts | Keywords and backlinks | Third-party mentions and structure |
| If you are absent | You slip to page two | You are not in the answer at all |
| Who you compete with | Other ranked pages | The two or three names AI trusts |
| The payoff | A click you still have to win | A pre-sold introduction |
Common Questions
Frequently Asked Questions
What does this tool do?
It simulates how an AI assistant would answer a buyer’s question in your category, tells you whether your brand surfaces, and lists what is missing if it does not. Think of it as ego surfing for the AI era.
Is this a live query of ChatGPT or Perplexity?
No. It is an AI-generated approximation based on general knowledge, meant to be directional. For ongoing, live tracking of how you appear across assistants, that is what a full AI Visibility System and tools like Otterly measure.
Why is my brand not getting recommended?
Usually because the assistant has little corroborated, third-party signal to cite. It tends to name brands that appear in listicles, comparison content, and reviews, backed by clear structured data. If those are thin, you get left out.
How do I get AI to recommend me?
Build the signals it rewards: structured data, authority content, third-party citations, and community presence. Our AI Glazing guide explains the method, the AI Visibility Analysis scores where you stand, and the AI Glazing Prompt Pack gives you the exact prompts to test yourself.
How is this different from SEO?
SEO is about ranking a page so a human clicks it. This is about being the brand an AI names when it answers for the buyer. The signals overlap, but the goal is a recommendation, not a link.
Want AI to Put You on the Shortlist?
Rivetline builds AI Visibility Systems that get your brand cited and recommended by the assistants your buyers ask. Run the free report or talk through where you stand.
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