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Four AI answer engines, checked the way your buyers use them

AEOmeter tracks your brand in four AI search engines: ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. Each one is checked in its real consumer interface, in your Chrome, signed in with your own accounts. Answers come from the same place your buyers get them.

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How each engine is checked

The four engines answer and cite differently, so each has its own adapter. Here is what AEOmeter does on each one.

EnginePrivate modeWhat counts as a citationMain caveat
ChatGPTTemporary chat, Unpersonalized when offeredSource pills when ChatGPT searches the webGrouped sources can hide some links; flagged as incomplete
ClaudeIncognito chatCitation links when Claude uses web searchMany answers are prose with no links, so mentions carry the signal
PerplexityIncognito, switched on before the prompt is typedNumbered sources, read from Perplexity's thread dataResearch-heavy answers can take minutes; the wait limit is 10
Google AI OverviewsSearch without personalizationSource cards attached to the overview"No AI Overview" is its own result and never counts as a miss

Every engine

What stays the same on every engine

Every check runs in your own Chrome through the AEOmeter extension, in a background tab inside an "AEOmeter" tab group. The extension uses Chrome's debugger API to type and click like a person, so Chrome shows a "started debugging this browser" banner while it works.

  • Each prompt goes to all its selected engines at once. The next prompt starts when every check in the batch has finished.
  • The extension turns on each engine's private mode first. This is best effort and the visible evidence is recorded.
  • Prompts are entered into the engine's own composer, and a prompt is never sent twice, even after an interruption.
  • A login wall, verification challenge or rate limit pauses the check and shows a red "!" badge on the extension. AEOmeter never tries to solve a CAPTCHA.
  • An answer that has not finished after 10 minutes is marked failed. Failed checks never count as misses.
  • Only the latest answer and its sources are saved. The extension never reads provider cookies or account tokens.

Experimental

Adapters are experimental

AI engines change their pages without notice. Each adapter tries several ways to find a control and records which one worked, which helps it keep working through small layout changes. A check can still fail after an engine redesign, and some sources can be missed. When that happens you see a failed check or an "incomplete sources" note instead of a wrong number.

Coverage

Engines AEOmeter does not track

AEOmeter tracks exactly these four engines. Gemini, Google AI Mode, Microsoft Copilot and Grok are not tracked.

FAQ

Questions

Do I need an account on every engine?
You need to be signed in to the chat apps you want checked, in the Chrome profile where the extension runs. Google AI Overviews are read from a normal Google search.
Why not use the engines' APIs?
API responses can differ from what buyers see in the apps, and Google AI Overviews have no equivalent API. Checking the consumer interfaces measures the experience your buyers actually have.
Can I pick engines per prompt?
You choose which engines each run or schedule covers. Every prompt in that run goes to all of them at once.
Does the AEOmeter extension work in other browsers?
AEOmeter is built for Chrome, and Chrome has to be open for checks to run.

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