Asked & counted.

AEO (Answer Engine Optimization) and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) are the practice of being the business that AI assistants recommend. As buyers increasingly ask AI "who should I hire?", showing up in those answers matters as much as ranking on Google. Tallyvox measures exactly that.

AI citations are the sources an AI engine leans on when it decides which businesses to name — directories, reviews, articles, and pages it trusts. Engines recommend businesses they can verify across those sources, so earning presence in the places engines actually cite is the core work of improving AI visibility. Tallyvox reports show which sources the engines cited in your category — here's how we measure.

Because buyers now ask AI assistants directly — "who's the best provider near me?" — and the answer contains a handful of names, not ten blue links. If your business isn't one of the names the engines repeat, you're not in the running for those buyers, and you'd never know it from your Google rankings alone. Measuring AI visibility tells you whether you're in the answer or invisible — the leaderboard shows who's being named in your market right now.

We read your site and build the real questions people ask AI when they're looking for a company like yours — how your buyers, partners, investors and talent actually phrase it — then ask each one across multiple AI engines, several times, and count how often your business is named. Every number is a frequency with a 95% confidence interval, because a single AI answer is noise. The same questions run each month, so movement is real.

ChatGPT (OpenAI), Claude (Anthropic), Perplexity and Google Gemini, with Google AI Overviews/AI Mode available. We repeat every question across engines and runs so the result is statistically honest, not a one-off screenshot.

For a client scan, a strong model reads your website and builds the real questions people ask AI when they're looking for a company like yours — the way your buyers, partners, investors and talent actually phrase it, not generic templates. We review and lock that set, then re-run the same questions every month so any movement is real. (The public leaderboard uses the broad category questions people ask, so every business on a board is measured the same way.)

No — and be wary of anyone who does. Tallyvox is a measurement and improvement service. We report what the engines actually say (descriptive, never predictive) and do the legitimate work to improve it. We never fabricate results or promise a specific ranking.

Because the same question can return different names run to run — a single AI answer is an anecdote, not a measurement. We ask each question multiple times across multiple engines and report the frequency your business is named, with a 95% confidence range. That's the difference between a screenshot and a statistic — the full approach is on our method page.

Monthly, with the same question set each time — so month-over-month movement reflects a real change in what the engines say, not a re-roll of the dice. Leaderboard boards re-scan on a monthly cadence, and client scans run on your plan's schedule.

You can't buy a mention — there's no ad slot inside an AI answer, and we don't sell placement on the leaderboard. What moves the needle is legitimate work: being present and consistent in the sources the engines cite. That's also why we publish our method and citation receipts but not the live prompt list.

The first scan is free — a six-page report showing how often AI names you across engines. A deeper once-off audit and monthly retainers (measurement plus the fix-work) are available; current prices are on the pricing section of the homepage.

Yes. You get a real, six-page AI-visibility report at no cost and with no obligation — a human reviews every request and report before it's sent. It's the honest way to show you where you stand.

The ongoing count plus the fix-work: every month you get a fresh measurement of how often AI names you, what moved, and hands-on work on the gaps the report surfaces — citations, structured content, and consistency in the sources engines rely on. Current tiers and prices are on the homepage pricing section.

Honestly: there's no fixed timeline, and anyone quoting one is guessing. Engines refresh what they know at their own pace, which is why we measure monthly with the same questions — so when your number moves, you know it's real. We report what changed; we don't predict.

It's our independent, monthly ranking of which businesses the AI engines name by category and city — counted, not claimed. You can find your category, see where you stand, claim your listing, and run a free scan to improve.

Find your category and city board, open your listing, and hit Claim. You verify with a work email on your domain, or a DNS record or homepage meta tag, and an admin reviews every claim. Claiming lets you respond, add a rank badge, and unlock a free scan — and it never changes your number.

It's the share of AI answers that named that business — measured across engines and repeated runs of real buyer questions. The ± is a 95% confidence range; when two businesses' ranges overlap, they're in a statistical tie rather than truly ranked apart. It's a frequency, not a score we assign.

Yes — every measured board has an Embed button with copy-paste snippets for a live board widget, and every brand page offers a live rank badge. The widgets update themselves after each monthly scan, so what you embed stays the current count.

Use the contact form and choose "Investor" or "Press" as the reason — it routes straight to the founder. We're happy to share the story of measuring AI visibility for service businesses.

Yes, with attribution. The boards are an independent monthly measurement of which businesses AI engines actually name, by category and city — with the method published. If you need a specific pull for a story, use the contact form and choose Press.