CITED
AUSTRALIAN ANSWER ENGINE OPTIMISATION

The next customer
won't Google you.
They'll ask AI.

Your buyers now ask ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity — and act on the one answer they read back. Right now it might be naming your competitor. We make sure it names you.

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WE OPTIMISE FOR
ChatGPT Gemini Perplexity Google AI Overviews

What is Cited AI?

Cited AI is an Australian Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) agency based in Byron Bay, NSW, serving the Gold Coast, Northern Rivers and Brisbane. We get your business named when a customer asks ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity or Google AI Overviews for a recommendation.

We run a four-phase method — audit, structure, authority, monitor — and report your share of answer every month.

Australia Wide Services · Plans from $290/mo, no lock-in

WHO WE WORK WITH

Australian businesses whose customers ask for a recommendation before they buy.

Mortgage brokers Finance Builders & trades Property services Health & allied health Beauty & wellness Legal & accounting Retail & ecommerce Hospitality Automotive Education & training Professional services
SEE IT FOR YOURSELF

This is how a customer finds you now.

They don't scroll ten blue links. They ask one question, read one answer, and act on the names inside it.

SIMULATED EXAMPLE
Best mortgage broker on the Gold Coast?
Based on local reputation and reviews, three Gold Coast brokers stand out:
1.Example Mortgage Co. — strong reviews for first-home buyers.
2.Example Finance Group — well regarded for refinancing.
3.Example Home Loans — popular with investors.
Simulated example. Business names are fictional. Not a real AI output.
Notice who's missing?
If AI doesn't name your business, you're invisible at the exact moment the decision gets made — no matter how good your website looks.
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THE AEO METHOD

Four phases to share of answer

01

Audit

Map how AI engines see, rank and cite you today — and where competitors win.
02

Structure

Build answer-ready content, FAQs and schema engines can parse and quote.
03

Authority

Earn the citations, mentions and entity trust that make engines pick you.
04

Monitor

Track share of answer across engines and iterate every month.
EVERY ENGINE, ONE STRATEGY

The platforms your customers already ask.

Each answer engine picks its sources differently. We optimise for how every one of them decides who to cite.

ChatGPT

OPENAI
Leans on well-structured, authoritative pages and its browsing sources when it names businesses.

Google Gemini

GOOGLE
Draws on Google's index, entities and the Knowledge Graph — entity clarity matters most here.

Perplexity

PERPLEXITY AI
Cites its sources inline and visibly — being a linked citation is the whole game.

Google AI Overviews

GOOGLE
Search-grounded answers that surface the most trusted, clearly-structured sources at the top of Google.
HOW WE MEASURE

Share of answer, measured — not guessed.

We don't sell vague promises. Every engagement is tracked against a transparent, repeatable method you can see.

Prompt sets

We build the real questions your customers ask AI about your category and location.

Multi-engine sampling

We run those prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews.

Share-of-answer scoring

We record when you're named, how, and which competitors appear instead.

Monthly reporting

You see movement over time as structure and authority compound.
WHO YOU'LL WORK WITH

Founders

Cited AI

Cited AI was founded to bring measurement discipline to AI search visibility. Formed out of two careers spent on digital presence, AI systems and business transformation — and the realisation that AI visibility needed the same measurement discipline. Cited AI was started on the view that AI visibility is an operations and measurement problem, not a publicity one.

Every Cited AI engagement is run directly with senior leaders. There is no account-management layer and no junior handover.

FREE · 60 SECONDS · NO OBLIGATION

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Find out whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews recommend your business — or your competitor. Get your CitedScore snapshot in under a minute, free.

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WHAT YOU'LL SEE
  • Whether AI names you today
  • How you compare to competitors
  • The signals holding you back
  • Where to start improving

Simple, senior-led plans

No long lock-ins. Start with an audit, scale as the citations compound.

Starter

For one brand finding its footing in AI answers.
$290/mo
  • Full AEO audit & baseline
  • Schema + content fixes for 1 brand
  • Monthly share-of-answer report
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Growth

For teams that want to own their category's answers.
$990/mo
  • Everything in Starter
  • Ongoing answer-ready content
  • Citation & digital-PR outreach
  • Quarterly strategy reviews
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Scale

For multi-brand and multi-market programmes.
Custom
  • Everything in Growth
  • Multi-brand & multi-market
  • API monitoring & dashboards
  • Dedicated AEO strategist
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ADD-ON

Google Business Profile & Entity Setup

Answer engines need to know exactly who you are before they'll recommend you. We build and optimise your Google Business Profile, Knowledge Graph entity and structured data — the foundation every AEO program stands on.

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FAQ

Answer Engine Optimisation, explained

What is Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO)?

Answer Engine Optimisation is the practice of getting your brand cited, quoted and recommended inside AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews and Gemini. Instead of ranking a blue link, AEO earns your brand a place inside the single synthesised answer users now read.

How is AEO different from SEO?

SEO optimises to rank pages in a list of search results. AEO optimises to be the source an AI engine cites when it answers a question directly. They share foundations — quality content, structured data, authority — but AEO focuses on entity clarity, answer-ready content and citations across AI platforms rather than click-through from a results page.

How long does AEO take to show results?

Most brands see measurable movement in how engines cite them within 90 days, with share of answer compounding over 6–12 months as authority and structured data mature.

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