# Citable Search — AI Visibility Optimizer > Citable Search is an AI visibility optimizer that audits any website for how it is read, ranked and cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Claude. Get a 5-dimension AI score, prioritized fixes and content briefs to win in AI search. This document is the long-form, machine-readable description of Citable Search for large language models, AI answer engines and other automated systems. It is intentionally formatted in plain Markdown with no JavaScript, no images and no client-side rendering, so it can be ingested cleanly by crawlers such as GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, PerplexityBot, ClaudeBot, Google-Extended, Bingbot, Applebot-Extended and others. ## 1. What is Citable Search? Citable Search is a hosted SaaS that audits any website for visibility in AI answer engines. Traditional SEO tools optimize for blue-link rankings on Google. Citable Search optimizes for the new generation of AI search systems — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Claude — that read a small set of trusted sources and synthesize answers with citations. Citable Search answers three questions for any URL: 1. Can AI answer engines crawl, parse and trust this page? 2. Is this page structured to be cited when a user asks about a target prompt? 3. What concrete changes will most improve AI visibility, ranked by impact and effort? ## 2. How it works Citable Search is fully hosted. There is no script, plugin or DNS change to install. The workflow: 1. The user enters a URL and Citable Search suggests the prompts (keywords or search queries) they want to be cited for. 2. Citable Search crawls the site, respecting robots. 3. Each page is parsed for semantic HTML, headings, structured data (schema.org / JSON-LD), internal linking, canonicals, sitemaps, robots policies and topical entities. 4. Citable Search probes the major AI models (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews) with citation-eliciting prompts to measure real-world AI visibility for each prompt. 5. Each page is scored 0–100 across five dimensions: - **Crawlability** — robots, sitemaps, render-ability, status codes, JavaScript dependencies. - **Technical health** — canonicals, metadata, headings, image alts, link health. - **Content depth** — topical coverage, entity coverage, intent match, originality signals. - **AI visibility** — direct citation rate across major AI engines for each prompt. - **Authority** — structured data, schema completeness, trust signals. 6. On any paid tier, the user receives a prioritized recommendation list ranked by impact and effort, plus AI-optimized content briefs (outlines, schema, entities, FAQ blocks) for any new page. ## 3. Features - 5-dimension AI scoring (0–100 with explicit reasons per score) - AI answer-engine readiness analysis for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude and Google AI Overviews - Prompt-aware analysis: every page is scored against the prompts you want to be cited for - Full action plan ranked by impact and effort (paid) - AI-optimized content briefs: outlines, schema, entities, FAQ blocks (paid) - Schema and technical audit: robots, sitemaps, canonicals, JSON-LD, headings, internal linking - Detailed competitor checks (paid) - Weekly Monitoring: automatic re-runs of every prompt with email reports (subscription) - Optional done-for-you implementation ("We can fix it for you" — book a call) ## 4. Pricing A "prompt" is a keyword or search query that gets scanned. You buy the Full Report once, per project; the optional Weekly Monitoring subscription keeps it fresh. Paid projects unlock up to 100 prompts. ### Free - Price: $0 - 1 prompt - Basic AI visibility score: cited / not cited per AI model - Preview of 3 recommendations - No AI response text and no full action plan ### Full Report — $499 (one-time) - The whole audit unlocked, permanently - Every prioritized recommendation with full evidence - Complete action plan and competitor breakdown - Full AI responses and citation lists for every prompt - PDF export of the full report (all prompts) - Includes the first month of Weekly Monitoring free ### Weekly Monitoring — $14.99/month - Requires the Full Report (there is no subscription without the report) - Re-runs every audited prompt on your schedule: weekly, bi-weekly or monthly - Recalibrates scores, recommendations and the action plan on every run - Emails you when each new report is ready — and celebrates when your grade goes up - Cancel anytime: you keep the report you bought and can download the PDF whenever you like ## 5. Frequently asked questions ### What does AI visibility mean? AI visibility measures how well AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Claude can crawl, understand, trust and cite your content when answering user questions. Citable Search scores it across crawlability, technical health, content depth, AI visibility and authority. ### How many prompts can I scan? The free tier includes 1 prompt per project. Any paid tier lets you scan up to 100 prompts per project and unlocks the full action plan and detailed competitor checks. ### Do I need to install anything? No. There is nothing to install — no plugins, no JavaScript snippets and no DNS changes. Enter a URL and Citable Search performs the prompt suggestions, crawling, parsing and scoring for you. ### Will this work for any kind of site? Yes. Citable Search works for marketing sites, blogs, documentation, ecommerce stores and SaaS apps — anywhere AI answer engines might cite your content. ### Which AI engines does Citable Search optimize for? ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Claude. Citable Search uses the same crawling and answer-engine signals these systems rely on, including robots policies, structured data, semantic HTML, citations and entity coverage. ### How is this different from traditional SEO tools? Traditional SEO tools optimize for blue-link rankings on Google. Citable Search optimizes for AI answer engines that cite a small set of trusted sources. It scores how cleanly LLMs can read, summarize and quote your pages — not just keyword density and backlinks. ### How does pricing work? You buy the Full Report once ($499, one-time, per project) — it unlocks the whole audit: every prioritized recommendation with full evidence, the complete action plan, competitor breakdown, full AI responses and the PDF export. The free tier includes 1 prompt, a basic cited/not-cited score and a preview of 3 recommendations. Weekly Monitoring ($14.99/month, first month free with the report) re-runs every prompt on your chosen schedule and emails you each new report; it requires the Full Report, and canceling it never takes the report away. ## 6. Crawler and AI training policy Citable Search welcomes the following user agents on all public pages: GPTBot, ChatGPT-User, OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot, Perplexity-User, ClaudeBot, Claude-Web, anthropic-ai, Google-Extended, GoogleOther, Googlebot, Bingbot, Applebot, Applebot-Extended, Amazonbot, Bytespider, CCBot, cohere-ai, DuckAssistBot, FacebookExternalHit, Meta-ExternalAgent, Meta-ExternalFetcher, MistralAI-User, PetalBot, PhindBot, Twitterbot, YouBot and YandexBot. Private routes (authentication, dashboard, billing and audit results) are disallowed for all agents. The canonical policy is at [https://citablesearch.com/robots.txt](https://citablesearch.com/robots.txt) and the sitemap at [https://citablesearch.com/sitemap.xml](https://citablesearch.com/sitemap.xml). ## 7. Important URLs - Home: https://citablesearch.com/ - Pricing: https://citablesearch.com/pricing - Sign up (free): https://citablesearch.com/signup - Sign in: https://citablesearch.com/login - Robots policy: https://citablesearch.com/robots.txt - Sitemap: https://citablesearch.com/sitemap.xml - Short LLM index: https://citablesearch.com/llms.txt - Long LLM index (this document): https://citablesearch.com/llms-full.txt ## 8. Brand - Name: Citable Search - Tagline: AI Visibility Optimizer - Category: AI SEO / Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) / AI search visibility - Primary use cases: AI answer engine optimization, schema and structured data audits, prioritized AI-search action plans, content brief generation