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Rank in Google.
Get cited by AI.

Your readers no longer search only on Google. They ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude. CiteRank scores your content for both classical search and AI engines, then rewrites it to win in either.

5 free optimizations every day No credit card to start Cancel anytime
1,200+
Active creators using CiteRank
As of launch + 60 days
32,000+
Articles scored and rewritten
Across 40+ languages
4.8/5
Average user rating
From 280 in-app reviews
73%
Of users see citation lifts within 14 days
Self-reported, beta cohort
Optimizes content visibility across
ChatGPT Claude Perplexity Google AI Overviews Gemini Microsoft Copilot
Trusted by
Independent SEO consultants Boutique content agencies Indie SaaS founders E-commerce content teams Affiliate publishers

What does CiteRank actually do?

Six things classical SEO tools won’t do for you, plus the basics they cover.

AI citation score

Predicts whether ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews are likely to quote your content, and tells you which signals are missing.

Per-engine tuning

Each AI ranks content differently. Pick which engines matter to you and the rewrite is tuned to win in those specific ones.

Ten content templates

Listicle, how-to, local business, product review, comparison, pillar, FAQ, landing, news, and article. Each scored against its own ranking pattern.

E-E-A-T detection

Surfaces experience, expertise, authority, and trust markers that Google and AI engines reward. Where they are missing, the rewrite adds them.

Section-level fixes

Don’t like one score? The rewrite touches only that section, leaving the rest of your draft untouched. No need to redo everything.

Server-side processing

API keys live on the backend, never in your browser. Some competitors expose theirs in client-side JavaScript. We do not.

Plus the basics
Keyword density and LSI coverage
Readability scoring
Schema recommendations
Live SERP preview
15-day history

How does CiteRank work?

From paste to publish-ready in under sixty seconds.

STEP 01

Paste your draft

Drop in any article, blog post, or landing page. Formatting stripped, content preserved.

STEP 02

Pick your target

Choose the content type and which AI engines you want to be cited in.

STEP 03

Get scored

Instant breakdown across SEO and AEO signals with specific, actionable fixes.

STEP 04

One-click rewrite

Apply surgical fixes per section, or rewrite the whole article in a single click.

Why won’t traditional SEO get you cited by AI?

Classical ranking factors weren’t built for the way large language models surface content. Four reasons we built a new tool.

01

Direct answer extraction

AI engines lift one or two clean sentences from each section. If your H2 paragraphs open with a vague hook instead of a concrete answer, you don’t get pulled.

02

Specific entities, not generalities

"Some studies show" gets ignored. Named studies, specific numbers, recognized brands, and dated facts get cited.

03

Structure over keyword density

Models index your headings, lists, and comparison tables as facts. A wall of keyword-stuffed prose looks like noise next to a well-structured FAQ.

04

Question-first phrasing

Searches in AI engines are conversational queries. Headings phrased as questions beat clever titles every time.

What does the research say about AI search?

A snapshot of what is changing in how people find information online.

Within five years, half of all search queries are expected to be answered directly by AI engines, often without a single click to the source website.

Based on adoption-rate analyses by Gartner, Forrester, and SimilarWeb.

38%
Of B2B buyers now use AI assistants in the research phase
Forrester, 2025
2.3x
Higher click-through when content is cited by AI Overviews vs. plain organic
Search Engine Land
61%
Of marketers report difficulty optimizing for AI search
HubSpot, 2025
12 mo
Average time AI Overviews have been live in major markets
Google Search Central

What are users saying?

A small selection from over 280 reviews left in our first two months.

CiteRank is the first tool I have seen that scores for AI citations, not just Google rankings. The per-engine tuning is what closed it for me. Worth the upgrade.

A
Aisha K.
SEO consultant, 6 yrs

Used the rewrite on a service-area page that had been stuck on page two. After republishing, it started showing up in Perplexity citations within a week.

M
Marcus L.
Content lead, B2B SaaS agency

Switched from Surfer for the citation score alone. The fact that it scores per LLM is something I have not seen anywhere else. The free tier is also genuinely useful.

P
Priya R.
Indie blogger, finance niche

Adding new reviews weekly as our community grows.

How much does CiteRank cost?

Two plans. Free covers most creators. Pro is for the people who optimize daily.

Free

$0 forever

Perfect for checking your existing content.

  • 5 optimizations per day
  • All 10 content types
  • 2 AI engine targets per run
  • 15-day history
  • Light and dark mode
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Got questions?

CiteRank went live two months ago. Since then we have onboarded over 1,200 creators, processed more than 32,000 articles, and shipped weekly improvements based on user feedback.
SEO is about ranking on Google’s blue links. AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) are about getting cited by AI engines like ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. CiteRank scores and rewrites content for both at the same time.
No. We send your content to a no-training API endpoint. Optimizations are stored on your account for fifteen days so you can restore them, then automatically deleted.
Yes. Pro is billed monthly via LemonSqueezy. Cancel from your profile or from the LemonSqueezy customer portal. No support tickets, no retention emails, no friction.
Yes. CiteRank works in over forty languages. Quality is best for English at the moment, but you can analyze and rewrite in Urdu, Arabic, Spanish, French, German, and others.
Those tools score for Google rankings only. CiteRank adds a citation score that predicts how likely ChatGPT, Perplexity, and AI Overviews are to quote your content, and rewrites with both objectives in mind.

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