Live Experiment · Started March 14, 2026
I am using Citany — the tool I built — as the live subject. Starting from absolute zero. Documenting everything publicly so you can follow along, steal the playbook, or watch me fail.
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Challenge Progress
2
Days elapsed
86
Days remaining
Time remaining
Day 0 Snapshot
These values are manually updated — check the latest blog post for current numbers.
0
GSC Indexed Pages
as of Mar 14, 2026
0
ChatGPT Brand Mentions
as of Mar 14, 2026
0
Perplexity Mentions
as of Mar 14, 2026
2 weeks
Domain Age
as of Mar 14, 2026
* These are Day 0 values. Updated manually — see the latest blog update for current numbers.
Definition
Success is binary. By Day 90, all four criteria must be met — or the challenge fails.
Mentioned by name in ≥3 of 8 AI engines
When asked relevant category questions — e.g. "best AI brand monitoring tools" — Citany must appear by name in at least 3 of the 8 monitored engines.
Cited as a source URL in ≥1 AI engine response
Being linked is worth more than just being named. At least one AI engine must return citany.com as a cited URL in a relevant search.
Google Search Console with >10 indexed pages
Technical foundation check — proves the site is crawlable, healthy, and has enough content surface area.
All achieved organically
No paid placement, no sponsored content, no prompt engineering to force a mention. If it requires money or manipulation, it does not count.
The Playbook
Three pillars: content, distribution, and measurement. No growth hacks — just the right fundamentals, applied consistently over 90 days.
Content
Distribution
Measurement
Latest Updates
Starting today, I'm using Citany — the tool I built — as a live experiment. Zero GSC coverage, zero AI mentions, domain age 2 weeks. I'm documenting everything publicly. Here's the full starting context and what I plan to do.
Zero mentions across ChatGPT, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Kimi. This is exactly what Day 2 should look like — and it is the most important data point of the entire challenge. Here is the full baseline and what I did today to start changing it.
Why This Matters
Thousands of marketers are trying to figure out how to rank in AI search. But almost no one is publishing real, time-series data on what actually works — with a verifiable baseline, weekly measurements, and a clearly defined success criteria.
This challenge is an attempt to build that public record. Every update is real data from a real brand with a real starting point of zero. If we hit the goal, you have a proven playbook to replicate. If we fall short, you have a documented record of what did not work — which is equally valuable.
The tools for measuring AI visibility are still maturing. By running this experiment in public, we hope to contribute to the shared understanding of how GEO and AEO actually work in practice — not just in theory.
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