OpenAI · AI chat share 63%

How to appear in ChatGPT

The default AI assistant. The single largest answer-engine audience in 2026.

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90-day traffic lift or full refund — covers every engine, including ChatGPT.

How we optimize

The levers for ChatGPT.

Every engine has its own ranking signals. We tune our AEO playbook to each.

Entity-building across Wikipedia, Wikidata, GBP, and category directories
Reddit and Quora seeding — ChatGPT weights user-generated-content signals heavily
Structured schema (LocalBusiness, Service, Review) on every important page
llms.txt deployment for curated AI-crawler summary
Review velocity and consensus across Google, Yelp, BBB, and category sites

Ranking signals

What ChatGPT
actually weighs.

Breadth of mentions across the open web
Review consensus (not just volume — agreement across sources)
Entity disambiguation (schema + sameAs linking)
Freshness of source content
Topical authority signals from aligned content

ChatGPT FAQ

Common questions.

How does ChatGPT pick which businesses to recommend?

ChatGPT draws on its training corpus plus live web browsing (when enabled). Businesses mentioned frequently and consistently across reputable sources — reviews, forums, directories, news — are the ones it surfaces by name.

How long until ChatGPT recommends my business?

Entity signals compound over 45-90 days. Most clients see their first ChatGPT citations by day 60.

Can I pay to appear in ChatGPT answers?

No — there is no paid placement in ChatGPT recommendations today. The only path is organic entity authority.

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