Glossary
AI visibility and GEO terms, defined for measurement.
These definitions describe what the terms mean in MonitorMyGEO's product and public research. Read the linked guides for methods and limitations.
AI Visibility
The observed presence and prominence of a brand in answers returned by defined AI providers for a defined prompt set. It is a measured snapshot, not a guaranteed future ranking.
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO)
A broad label for work intended to improve how a brand or source is understood, retrieved, cited or recommended in generative answer experiences. MonitorMyGEO measures outcomes; it does not claim any single tactic guarantees them.
Mention Rate
The share of successful provider observations in which the monitored brand is mentioned. Failed provider calls are excluded from the successful-observation denominator.
Recommendation Rate
The share of successful provider observations in which the monitored brand is explicitly recommended rather than merely referenced.
Citation Rate
The share of successful provider observations in which the monitored brand or its first-party web properties are supported by a detected citation under the applicable extraction methodology.
Search Readiness
MonitorMyGEO's versioned assessment of public technical and machine-readable signals relevant to crawlability, indexing, metadata, structured data, sitemaps and related discovery surfaces.
Agent Readiness
A versioned assessment of genuine machine-actionable capabilities such as discoverable APIs or agent surfaces when those capabilities are actually applicable. A normal human login alone does not make Agent Readiness applicable in readiness-v4.
Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
Work intended to make a source useful and discoverable for systems that produce direct answers. AEO overlaps with SEO and GEO; no single markup guarantees inclusion.
AI Citation
A source URL or document reference surfaced with an AI answer. Citation evidence is distinct from a brand mention and can be absent even when a brand is named.
LLM Visibility
The observed presence of a brand or source in answers from a defined set of large language model providers, prompts and measurement surfaces.
AI Mention
An observed reference to a brand in an answer. A mention need not be a recommendation and may not have a citation.