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How AI decides who to mention

When you ask an AI tool a question, it reads a lot of websites. Then it picks a few to mention in its answer. This page explains the picture, in plain words.

What you’re looking at

The moving waves are an AI tool reading the web. When a wave touches a website, the site lights up. Some sites get picked for the answer. A gold stream connects them, and they grow from a small spark into a shining gem. The more often a site is picked, the bigger it grows.

Three different answers

When AI talks about your business, one of three things happens. It mentions you and links to you. It says your name but doesn’t link. Or it doesn’t mention you at all.

These are three different problems, and each one has a different fix. That’s why I never squash them into one score.

A drawing, not a blueprint

This is a drawing that explains an idea. It is not a copy of how ChatGPT, Perplexity or Google really work inside. Nobody outside those companies knows that for sure. This page shows the shape of the problem, not their secrets.

Where PlayPlayAI’s code is living

  • SEOAICo

    What AI says about a business, kept on the record. I designed and wrote the software for this platform. It is a finished product that a business or an agency can buy and run.

  • AI Citation Benchmark

    How often does AI cite a brand? It asks AI assistants a set of real questions and sorts every answer into three groups: cited, named but not linked, or left out.