For SEO & AEO teams
The LLM SEO tool that shows which pages the answers are built from
LLM SEO is getting your pages cited when ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI answer a question. CueScout is the LLM SEO tool for SEO and AEO teams: every URL the engines cite for your queries, its Google rank for the same question, the domains that decide your category, and a GEO audit of what blocks AI crawlers.
- 1What you can do about each site
- 2How many answers each site decides
- 58 of 96
- cited pages in one account had no Google top-100 position (Aug 2026)
- 8
- GEO audit site checks, from AI crawlers to llms.txt
- 100
- results deep, for every cited page’s Google rank
- 2
- Google AI surfaces tracked: AI Overviews and AI Mode
Why SEO teams need an LLM SEO tool
Ranking is not the whole list
In one account, 58 of 96 cited pages had no position in Google’s top 100 for the same question. A rank tracker never shows you those.
The crawlers are different
GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and Google-Extended each read robots.txt their own way. The one people block is often not the one they meant.
AI Overviews sit above your rank
A first-page position means less when an AI Overview answers the question first and cites someone else.
What SEO and AEO teams get from CueScout
Rank overlap
Google rank next to every AI citation
Each cited page carries its Google position for the question it was cited for. See how AI citations compare with Google rankings.
GEO audit
What stops the engines reading you
Crawler access, llms.txt, schema, server rendering and answer-first pages, each verdict with the evidence we fetched.
AI Overviews
Google’s AI answer next to the blue links
Whether an AI Overview appeared for each query, whether it named you, and the pages it cited. See the AI Overview tracker.
How it works
Included on every plan. AI Overviews are on Starter; AI Mode and Gemini come with Growth.
Compare plansBring your queries
Turn the commercial keywords you already rank for into the questions a buyer would ask an assistant.
Collect the citations
Every URL each engine cites is stored per question and engine, then read for whether your brand is on it.
Check rank and readiness
Each cited page gets its Google position, and the GEO audit checks what blocks the AI crawlers from your site.
Fix and recheck
Audit fixes and missing pages become To-dos. Supported audit checks can be run again on the same page after you ship.
LLM SEO against classic SEO
| Aspect | Classic SEO | LLM SEO |
|---|---|---|
| Goal | Rank a URL in the blue links | Get named and cited in the AI answer |
| Crawlers | Googlebot | GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot, Google-Extended |
| Off-page | Backlinks | The roundups, reviews and threads the answer cites |
| Measured by | Position | Mentions, citations and share of voice |
What it doesn’t do
- It is not a full SEO crawl. Title lengths, alt text and page speed stay with your SEO suite.
- Rank comes from one search provider and locale. Personalised results will differ.
- A page being cited does not tell you which sentence earned it.
Try it free
Run the eight GEO audit site checks on any URL, with no signup.
Questions
What is LLM SEO?
Optimising your site and your off-site presence so large language models like ChatGPT and Gemini cite your pages when they answer questions in your category.
Is LLM SEO different from AEO and GEO?
The names overlap. LLM SEO, answer engine optimization and generative engine optimization all aim at the same thing: being named and cited in AI answers.
Do I need to rank first in Google to get cited?
No. SE Ranking found 36% of AI Overview citations in the Google top 10 in December 2025, and in one of our accounts 58 of 96 cited pages had no top-100 position.
Should I block AI crawlers?
Training crawlers and answer-engine crawlers are different agents. Blocking GPTBot does not remove you from ChatGPT answers; blocking the retrieval agents does.
What SEO & AEO teams open most
All featuresSee what the AI answers say about you
Your first check is free, with no signup to start.