AI Search

AI Search Visibility Playbook

A step-by-step playbook for tracking how AI answer engines cite your brand and improving the pages and mentions that earn those citations over time.

Difficulty
advanced
Estimated time
One baseline cycle plus scheduled retests

Execution sequence

  1. 01Define prompts

    Group real audience questions into stable prompt families.

  2. 02Capture answers

    Record system, date, answer context, mentions and cited sources.

  3. 03Map sources

    Identify which owned and third-party pages support each topic.

  4. 04Improve evidence

    Clarify verifiable passages, entities and source relationships.

  5. 05Retest

    Repeat the same protocol before comparing outcomes.

Define the decision questions

Start with the audience questions that matter to the brand. Group them into informational, comparative and recommendation prompt families.

Capture more than citations

Record whether the brand is retrieved, mentioned, described accurately and cited. Preserve the answer context and date.

Improve source clarity

Make important claims easy to locate and verify. Connect related pages with descriptive links and keep entity details consistent.

Repeat the protocol

Answer systems vary. Use the same prompt set and observation schedule before comparing a baseline with a later test.

The AI Visibility Audit Skill provides the reusable capture format.

Site search

Find research and resources

Type at least two characters to search.