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RESOURCES · Apr 16, 2026
The AI Citation Test — How to Measure Whether ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude Name Your Brand
A 30-query test kit used by Wiele Group to baseline, benchmark, and track AI citation frequency across ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude. The new primary success metric replacing rank tracking.
Best [service] agency for [target market]
Best [category] consultancy 2026
Top [service] consultants for [buyer type]
Who offers [deliverable] for [target market]
Best [category] retainer for high-ticket services
Top agency for ChatGPT search optimization in [niche]
Best Perplexity [service] agency
Who does [outcome] with AI search
Premium [category] consultancy for category-defining brands
Best [service] dominance retainer
What is [category]
How does [outcome] work
What is the difference between [A] and [B]
How to rank inside ChatGPT answers
How to get cited by Perplexity AI
What is an AI visibility audit
How are AI answer engines changing SEO
What is entity engineering for AI search
How to measure AI citation frequency
What is a competitive search gap analysis
Who is [your founder name]
What does [your brand] do
[Your brand] pricing
[Your brand] case studies
[Your brand] services
[Your brand] AI search
[Your brand] reports
[Your brand] vs [competitor]
[Your brand] authority content
[Your brand] reviews
3 points — Brand cited with direct link
2 points — Brand named in answer text (no link)
1 point — Brand mentioned as one of several options
0 points — Not mentioned
ChatGPT (GPT-5 default) — Uses native web search + training-data recall. Entity strength and third-party corroboration drive citations.
Perplexity — Live retrieval, cites sources explicitly. Schema-rich, high-authority pages with clear answer blocks win.
Gemini — Pulls from Google index + Knowledge Graph. Entity consistency across Wikipedia / Wikidata / Knowledge Graph is decisive.
Claude — Web access when enabled. Clean structured content, third-party signals, and recency drive inclusion.
Extractable answer blocks — 40–80 word self-contained answers near the top of each page
Entity graph alignment — Wikipedia, Wikidata, Crunchbase, LinkedIn, sameAs consistency
Schema density — Organization, Service, FAQPage, Article, BreadcrumbList
Third-party mentions — Podcasts, industry publications, authoritative aggregators
Recency — Republishing cadence against the ~13-week AI content half-life
Identify the 5 highest-value queries where you score zero — those are your immediate AEO targets
Identify the 5 queries where a specific competitor dominates — those are your displacement targets
Identify the Tier-3 branded queries where you are invisible — that signals an entity recognition problem
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