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GEO Audit

Technical GEO audit for AI citations

The CitePilot GEO audit workspace combines technical site signals with live and simulated citation checks across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and other answer surfaces. Use it to see whether your pages are structured for generative retrieval, which money prompts cite your brand, and which fixes will move citation share fastest.

Run audits from the workspace below or start with the public 60-second citation audit if you have not baselined your domain yet. Results feed your dashboard overview, weekly rescans on Pilot+, and proof exports for stakeholders.

GEO score, site signals, and platform coverage

Your GEO score summarizes on-page readiness: title and meta description quality, JSON-LD and FAQ schema, sitemap discovery, word count, and answer formatting patterns that LLMs extract. Platform coverage shows how many AI surfaces mentioned your domain on the prompts in your latest audit — not vanity rankings, but prompt-level presence tied to buyer intent.

Site signals update when you run a new audit from this page or the public audit tool. Compare scores over time on Overview and Analytics after each rescan to confirm lift.

Priority fixes and citation gaps

Priority fixes are ranked gaps from your latest audit — missing schema, weak answer capsules, thin comparison pages, or competitor wins on specific prompts. Each item can be explained in plain language with CitePilot Insights (Pilot+, or one free preview on Free). Turn fixes into content briefs on Content or authority placements on Backlinks when the gap needs off-site proof.

Add competitors in Settings so benchmark emails and gap lists reference the brands buyers actually see in AI answers. Re-audit within seven days of shipping a fix to verify the prompt moved.

Shareable audit reports and proof exports

Share audit links and proof reports with stakeholders who need citation evidence without dashboard access. Fleet workspaces can white-label exports from Settings. For client-ready PDFs, open the proof report after a live audit completes.

The public free citation audit uses the same engine diagnostic — ideal for prospects before they join a workspace. Paid plans add weekly Monday rescans, delta tracking, and Autopilot fix plans on top of this technical baseline.

Related workspace tools

Turn priority fixes into articles on Content, build authority on Backlinks, and track prompt-level lift in Analytics. For structured data and entity optimization, follow the GEO Playbook or the AI visibility service overview.

GEO audit checklist

  • Enter 5–10 money prompts per audit, not generic head terms.
  • Fix FAQ schema and answer capsules before scaling blog volume.
  • Re-scan after publish; citation lift is measured per prompt.
  • Enable weekly Monday rescans on Pilot+ for automatic deltas.

GEO audit workspace FAQ

What does the GEO score measure?
On-page readiness for generative retrieval: title and meta quality, JSON-LD and FAQPage schema, sitemap discovery, word count, and answer formatting patterns LLMs extract into synthesized responses.
Which AI engines are checked per audit?
Eight surfaces — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Gemini, Copilot, Claude, Grok, and DeepSeek. Live API probes run where keys are configured; remaining engines use GEO-informed inference from your site signals.
How often should I re-audit?
Within seven days of shipping a major fix or new comparison page. Pilot+ enables automatic Monday rescans so citation deltas update without manual reruns.