Baseline record
Initial record: 13 October 2026. Google Search Console verification and sitemap submission followed on 14 October 2026. Indexing requests were submitted for the homepage, the GEO explainer and methodology page. A request is not a ranking guarantee, and Google controls crawl and indexing timing.
| Check | Query / surface | Initial observation |
|---|---|---|
| Exact brand search | CiteVano | No established Google result recorded at the initial baseline. |
| Owned-domain search | site:citevano.com | No established Google result recorded at the initial baseline. |
| Category discovery | GEO / AI visibility service queries | Not yet benchmarked against the fixed prompt set. |
| Answer engines | ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, Google AI | Provider-by-provider baseline pending reproducible test access. |
What is measured
The recurring evaluation uses 15 fixed, non-branded buyer and educational prompts. For each provider and prompt, CiteVano records whether the brand is mentioned, whether its domain is cited, recommendation inclusion, competitor names, cited domains, answer accuracy, provider/model and timestamp.
The initial model run is intentionally marked pending until it can be performed under consistent provider settings. We will not turn missing measurements into invented scores.
Next public update
After Google has had time to process the sitemap and indexing requests, this page will be updated with observed search presence and the first reproducible answer-engine prompt run. The same fixed prompts will remain in place so movement can be compared fairly.
Visibility is an observation across surfaces, not a promise that a provider will recommend any brand.