Who AI assistants recommend
Your buyers’ questions, asked at least 30 times a month to each assistant: who is cited, and which pages they cite as sources. A share is never one screenshot.
Share of citations, all questions
n = 5 × 4 × 30 = 600 answers
Your share, 12 weeks
Acme Billing
How the 5 questions are chosen
Not guessed: distilled from your market’s data, then scored. The 5 most relevant are monitored; the next ones wait in reserve and are scored again every month.
- 1,240 questions buyers ask on Google People Also Ask around your topics and your top 5 competitors· plus 386 pages the assistants cite
- 212 non-brand, close to buying Brand and purely informational questions set aside
- 30 candidates, scored Monthly searches, buying intent, and how far you trail the leader in AI answers
- 5 questions you act on Asked at least 30 times a month to each assistant
| Question | Searches / mo | Buying intent | Leader’s share | Yours | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Which tool handles France’s 2026 e-invoicing obligation? | 9,900 | High | 85% | 5% | 94 | Monitored |
| What is the best invoicing software for a small business? | 12,100 | High | 90% | 20% | 91 | Monitored |
| What is a cheaper alternative to Globex Invoicing? | 1,300 | High | 70% | 20% | 86 | Monitored |
| Which invoicing app sends automatic payment reminders? | 4,400 | High | 45% | 30% | 81 | Monitored |
| How do I get small-business clients to pay invoices on time? | 3,600 | Medium | 55% | 55% | 77 | Monitored |
| Which invoicing software connects to Stripe? | 2,400 | High | 60% | 40% | 72 | In reserve |
| How do I switch invoicing software without losing data? | 880 | Medium | 50% | 10% | 64 | In reserve |
| Is a free invoicing app enough for a freelancer? | 6,600 | Medium | 40% | 0% | 58 | In reserve |
Buying question
| ChatGPT | Gemini | Perplexity | AI Overviews | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Globex Invoicing | 30/30 | 24/30 | 30/30 | 24/30 |
| Initech Finance | 18/30 | 18/30 | 12/30 | 12/30 |
| Acme Billing | 6/30 | — | 12/30 | 6/30 |
| Umbrella Ledger | 6/30 | 6/30 | — | — |
Cited in: how many of the month’s 30 answers cite the brand, per assistant.
Sources the assistants cite
- software-reviews.exampleReview site14 citations
- smb-blog.exampleComparison article9 citations
- globex.example/compareCompetitor page7 citations
Netlinking from AI answers
The sites the assistants cite on your 5 questions are the links worth earning: each one cited is a source the next answer may use.
| Site | Cited | Links to you | How to earn it |
|---|---|---|---|
| software-reviews.example Review site | 22 | Not yet | Get listed, then ask 10 customers for a review |
| smb-blog.example Comparison article | 13 | Not yet | Offer your late-payments data for its next update |
| accountants-federation.example Professional body | 6 | Not yet | Share your e-invoicing guide with its members |
| acme-billing.example/late-payments-2026 Your study | 12 | Yes | Already cited: keep its figures up to date |
| impots.gouv.example Official source | 16 | Never links | Cite it in your guide; it won’t link back |