Which tools and sites AI cites when
it recommends GEO tools: 39 answers counted

Which tools did the answers name?

We asked 5 questions, like “Recommend an AI search visibility tool.” Each answer named a few tools. This table counts how many of the 39 answers named each one.

FwdLink’s own measurement, run on 2 November 2026: 5 Korean questions × 4 AIs (ChatGPT with OpenAI web search, Gemini with Google Search, Claude with web search, Perplexity Sonar) × 2 repeats = 40 planned, 39 collected (one Claude answer failed). Korean market. Questions: tool recommendations for AI search visibility; how to check whether ChatGPT mentions my brand; which GEO tool fits a small business; compare AEO solutions; a service that makes my company show up instead of competitors.

Which sites did the answers cite?

Each answer lists the pages it read. Together the 39 answers cited 166 different sites, about 7.7 sites per answer. The 12 most-cited sites made up 64 of 301 citations, about 1 in 5. This table counts the answers that cited each site.

Same 39 answers, 2 November 2026.

Each AI reads different places

Ask the same question to four AIs and they open different pages. Gemini named almost no specific tools. Claude named the most Korean ones. Perplexity leaned on the global ones.

Same 39 answers, 2 November 2026.

Who wrote the pages AI cited?

We opened 12 of the most-cited pages and read who wrote each one.

9 were comparison or guide posts written by a company that sells such a tool or service. Most of them put themselves first.

1 was a news article about a product launch. 1 was a directory (Semrush’s agency list). 1 was a pricing page.

So the lists AI reads are mostly written by the companies on the lists.

FwdLink was 0 of 39

FwdLink was named in 0 of the 39 answers. When a question named us, we were named in 22 of 24 answers.

We say it plainly. It is why we started publishing comparison pages, like the 12-tool comparison.

What a brand can do

1. Ask your own 5 to 10 questions to the four AIs, without your company name. Write down which pages each answer cites.
2. Get onto those lists, or publish your own comparison with honest facts: who you serve, what you cost, what you do not do. How to get named instead of competitors
3. Say clearly on your own site who you serve and what you charge. The AI reads that too.
4. Ask the same questions again after 2 to 4 weeks. The free check asks 10 questions to 4 AIs, twice each, and shows the pages they read.

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