Methodology

How RetailGEO measures AI brand visibility — and why it matters.

Real Consumer Query Sourcing

Unlike competitors who fabricate prompts, we source actual consumer queries from:

Google Autocomplete

Real-time suggestions showing what millions of users search for

Amazon.in Autocomplete

High purchase-intent queries from India's largest marketplace

LLM-Expanded Variations

Natural phrasing variations grounded in real seed queries

Intent Classification

Every query tagged: purchase, comparison, review, or discovery

Currently tracking 2,100+ real consumer queries across 16 retail categories.

Multi-Platform AI Polling

We poll major AI assistants with real queries every 3 days:

GPT

ChatGPT (GPT-4o)

World's most-used AI assistant

G

Gemini (gemini-2.0-flash)

Google's AI, powers AI Overviews

P

Perplexity (sonar)

Citation-backed AI search engine

Scoring & Ranking

Each brand receives a composite score based on four metrics:

Visibility Score (30%)

% of queries where AI mentions your brand

Share of Voice (30%)

Your mentions / all brand mentions in category

Position Score (25%)

Being #1 recommendation vs afterthought

Sentiment Score (15%)

Positive mentions / total mentions

Composite = 0.3V + 0.3S + 0.25P + 0.15T

Higher composite rank = higher AI visibility = more AI-driven traffic

Why This Matters

The Shift is Happening

40%+ of product discovery queries are moving from Google Search to AI assistants. If ChatGPT doesn't recommend your brand, you're invisible to a growing segment of buyers.

Measurable Impact

We correlate AI visibility with actual Amazon/Flipkart bestseller rankings. Brands with high AI visibility consistently rank higher in marketplace sales.

Ready to see where you stand?

Get your brand's AI visibility score across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity.