Citano
AEO · Answer Engine Optimization

When shoppers ask AI, does it name your store?

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude recommend products directly now. Citano checks whether you get named — and shows you exactly how to get there.

No signup~30 secondsReal live AI searches
chatgpt.com · live answer
Shopper asks"Best vitamin C serum for sensitive skin?"
AI Recommends, in order
1Aurelia Skin
2Nordic Glow
3Verre Beauty
Lumen SkincareNOT MENTIONED
1Lumen Skincare★ NAMED
2Aurelia Skin
3Nordic Glow
4Verre Beauty
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Sample report

Every answer where a competitor got picked instead of you.

One scan, five questions shoppers actually ask, every engine. Here's what a real report looks like.

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lumenskincare.com · clean skincare

Named in 1 of 5 AI answers.

AI recommended a competitor in 4 of the 5 questions people ask before buying. That's revenue walking to another brand.

"Best vitamin C serum for sensitive skin"
Recommended instead: Aurelia Skin, Nordic Glow, Verre Beauty
sources: byrdie.com · reddit.com/r/skincareaddiction
NOT MENTIONED
"Affordable clean skincare brands"
Recommended instead: Verre Beauty, Bloom & Co, Aurelia Skin
sources: goodhousekeeping.com · nytimes.com/wirecutter
NOT MENTIONED
"Vitamin C serum that won't irritate"
Recommended: Nordic Glow, Calé
sources: lumenskincare.com · allure.com
RANKED #2
"Best skincare for rosacea-prone skin"
Recommended instead: Nordic Glow, Calé, Aurelia Skin
sources: healthline.com · reddit.com/r/Rosacea
NOT MENTIONED
"Cruelty-free vitamin C serum"
Recommended instead: Verre Beauty, Aurelia Skin, Bloom & Co
sources: crueltyfreekitty.com · reddit.com/r/crueltyfree
NOT MENTIONED
The medicine

Not just a diagnosis — the exact fixes, ranked by impact.

Every report ends with a prioritized plan. Highest-impact move first, so you know what to do Monday morning.

01High impact

Publish a "Lumen vs Aurelia" comparison page

Head-to-head comparisons are the single most-cited format for "best X" answers. One honest page can close three of the five gaps above.

02High impact

Add Product & FAQ schema to your serum pages

Structured data tells AI crawlers exactly what you sell and for whom. Without it, engines guess — and usually skip you for a brand they can read cleanly.

03Medium

Get listed in "best clean skincare" roundups

Wirecutter, Byrdie and Reddit are where these answers are sourced. We show you the exact pages the AI cited — so you know where to earn a mention.

04Medium

Publish an llms.txt for your catalog

A machine-readable map of your products, ingredients and claims — the emerging standard that lets answer engines index you accurately instead of guessing.

The shift nobody optimized for

Search used to send a click. AI just gives the answer.

The answer is the storefront

When AI names three brands, those are the only three the shopper sees. There's no page 2 to rank on.

Your competitors are already in it

Someone gets recommended for every question. Right now that's whoever the AI can read most clearly — not necessarily the best product.

0 of 50 top Shopify apps do this

The shelf is empty. AEO is where SEO was in 2004 — the earliest movers compound the lead.

Why Citano

Everyone else stops at "you're invisible." We close the loop.

Track every engine

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude in one dashboard, re-scanned on a schedule — so you watch your visibility climb instead of guessing.

→ live monitoring

Auto-generate the fixes

Schema, FAQ blocks, comparison pages and llms.txt — drafted for you. Every change is a reviewable, one-click publish. Never a silent edit to your store.

→ done-for-you drafts

Built for Shopify

Install from the App Store, billing handled by Shopify, live in minutes — then watch AI referral traffic get attributed to real revenue.

→ one-click install

Find out where you stand — free.

Run the check on your store and get your prioritized action plan.

No signup. ~30 seconds. Real live AI searches.