# Track how ChatGPT talks about your brand

> ChatGPT brand visibility tracking: see how often ChatGPT mentions and cites your brand for buyer prompts, checked in temporary chats in your own Chrome.

People look for a ChatGPT rank tracker, but ChatGPT keeps no ranking. Ask the same question twice and you can get a different answer, a different order of brands and different sources. AEOmeter tracks what holds up across many checks: how often ChatGPT mentions your brand for the questions buyers ask, which sources it cites, and which competitors it names instead.

## How ChatGPT answers and cites

ChatGPT decides per question whether to search the web. When it searches, sources appear as small pills next to the text and in a sources list. When it answers from the model alone, there may be no sources at all, and the only question is whether your name comes up.

For software questions, cited sources tend to be vendor sites, comparison articles, review directories and community threads. The mix shifts by question. The [Sources view](https://aeometer.com/features/citation-tracking) shows the real list for your prompts.

## How AEOmeter checks ChatGPT

Each ChatGPT check follows the same steps, in a background tab of your Chrome, signed in with your account.

1. **Open a temporary chat** A new chat opens with ChatGPT's temporary chat mode on. Temporary chats stay out of your chat history.
2. **Switch to Unpersonalized** If ChatGPT offers Personalized and Unpersonalized, AEOmeter picks Unpersonalized. Private mode is best effort and the visible evidence is saved with the check.
3. **Enter and send the prompt once** The prompt is filled in, checked word for word, then sent. If the check is interrupted after sending, it is never sent again.
4. **Wait for a finished answer** AEOmeter waits until the stop control is gone, a finished control such as Copy or "Response complete" appears, and the text has stopped changing.
5. **Save the answer and sources** The last answer is saved as Markdown. Source pills become citations. Links inside the text are saved separately as inline links.

## ChatGPT-specific caveats

- ChatGPT sometimes groups several sources behind one pill. When AEOmeter cannot expand every group, the answer is marked "Some sources may be missing".
- The answer comes from whichever model your account uses. AEOmeter records the visible model when it can.
- A login prompt, verification check or usage limit pauses the check with a red "!" badge. You resolve it in the tab, then resume.
- ChatGPT changes its interface often. The adapter is experimental and may need updates after a redesign.

## Example prompts to track in ChatGPT

ChatGPT gets conversational, detailed questions. Write prompts the way a buyer would type them:

- "What's the best product analytics tool for a seed-stage SaaS?"
- "I'm outgrowing Google Analytics for my app. What should I switch to?"
- "Mixpanel alternatives with a generous free tier"
- "Compare Mixpanel, PostHog and Amplitude for a five-person team"

## What to look for in ChatGPT results

- **Mentioned but never cited.** ChatGPT knows your name but links elsewhere. Check which pages it cites instead.
- **Competitor pages in the sources.** A competitor's comparison page cited for a neutral prompt is worth reading closely.
- **Prompts where you're missing.** Gaps that repeat across many checks matter more than a single miss.
- **Movement over weeks.** A single answer is one sample. Look at visibility over a few weeks of checks before drawing conclusions.

## Questions

### Can AEOmeter show my rank in ChatGPT?

No, because ChatGPT has no stable rank to show. The order of brands in an answer changes from one chat to the next. AEOmeter measures mention rate (shown as Visibility), owned citation rate and tracked share of voice, each with its denominator. See the [methodology](https://aeometer.com/methodology).

### Does AEOmeter use the OpenAI API?

No. It uses chatgpt.com in your Chrome, signed in with your account, so the answers match what you would see yourself.

### Will these checks fill up my ChatGPT history?

AEOmeter uses temporary chats, which stay out of your chat history. Private mode is best effort: if ChatGPT changes how temporary chats work, the evidence recorded with each check shows what was visible.

### How often does ChatGPT get checked?

As often as your schedule says, when Chrome is open and connected. A daily schedule is a good default. More checks give you more samples to average.

### How is this different from tracking brand mentions by hand?

The method is the same: ask, read, note who is mentioned. AEOmeter does it for every prompt and keeps the history. Our guide on [tracking brand mentions in ChatGPT](https://aeometer.com/guides/track-brand-mentions-in-chatgpt) covers the manual way too.

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