Make your business AI’s top pick.
When a customer asks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity or Grok to recommend a business, only three or four names come back. MadeTheList shows you whether yours is one of them — then hands you the tools to fix it yourself. Everything an agency does, automated, without the $1,500-a-month retainer.
Only a few names come back. MadeTheList makes sure yours is one.
of consumers already use AI assistants for recommendations
businesses get named per AI answer — everyone else is invisible
of local businesses are doing anything about it
One score. Five dimensions.
The Answer Score measures everything that decides whether an AI engine recommends a business — weighted by what actually moves the needle.
Mention Rate
The % of AI queries where your business is actually named. The bottom line.
Position
When you're mentioned — are you the first choice or a footnote?
Citation Strength
Does AI cite and quote your site as a source, or describe you second-hand?
Share of Voice
Your mentions vs your top competitor's. Who owns the answer box?
Sentiment
How positively AI describes you when it does bring you up.
Not just a score. The tools to fix it.
Other tools stop at a dashboard and leave the work to you. MadeTheList turns every weak spot in your score into a built-in tool you run yourself — in minutes, fully automated.
AI never names you
Low mention rate — the AI doesn't know you exist or trust you yet.
Fix it with the Hosted AI-Citation Page + AI-Ready Content Pack — a live, AI-readable profile AI engines can find and quote.
You're only a footnote
Weak position — you get mentioned last, after the competitors.
Fix it with the AI-Ready Content Pack — structured, quotable pages that make you the obvious answer.
AI describes you second-hand
Low citation strength — AI talks about you without quoting your own site.
Fix it with the Hosted AI-Citation Page — a source built for AI to cite directly.
Your details don't match across the web
Conflicting name, address or hours across platforms — the thing AI engines distrust most.
Fix it with the Listings Tracker — one master record, checked against the 10 platforms AI reads.
Rivals own the answer
Losing share of voice — competitors get named instead of you.
Track and close the gap with Competitor Watch + Monitor & Alerts.
AI talks you down
Weak sentiment — thin or negative reviews drag your description down.
Fix it with the AI Review Responder — every review answered in your brand voice, in seconds.
You don't know when it slips
No visibility into changes — your score can drop and you'd never know.
Stay ahead with the AI Visibility Monitor & Alerts — emailed the moment your score moves or a rival passes you.
How it works
From "never heard of you" to AI's first recommendation — in four steps, all self-serve.
Search your business
We run recommendation-style queries across up to 5 AI platforms and check who gets named.
Get the breakdown
A 0–100 Answer Score with the verdict and all five dimensions — per platform and overall.
Fix it with the tools
Each weak spot maps to a built-in tool you run yourself — citation page, content, reviews and more. No agency, no waiting.
Track it over time
Re-score on demand, watch the trend line, and get alerted the moment something moves.
Why MadeTheList
The dashboards only tell you the problem. The agencies fix it by hand for $500–$1,500 a month. MadeTheList gives you the tools to fix it yourself — automated, and a fraction of the price.
| MadeTheList | DIY dashboardsOtterly, Peec, etc. | AEO agenciesdone-for-you | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Instant AI visibility score | ✓ free, in a minute | ✓ sign-up first | — 24-hour wait |
| Tracks ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity & Grok | ✓ | most platforms | ✓ |
| Built for local businesses, plain English | ✓ | ✗ built for marketers | ✓ |
| Gives you tools to fix it, not just a report | ✓ built in | ✗ report only | ✓ they do it for you |
| Self-serve & automated — run it in minutes | ✓ | ✓ | ✗ manual, 90-day minimum |
| Auto review replies, citation page, content, reviews | ✓ automated | ✗ | ✓ done by hand |
| Price | From $59/mo | $29–$370/mo | $500–$1,500/mo |
Pricing
Start free. Upgrade only when you're ready to fix and grow — every plan is self-serve and automated.
Free
See where you stand — and your single biggest fix.
- Instant Answer Score + full five-dimension breakdown
- Your #1 fix revealed free — the exact steps
- Every other issue counted by severity (e.g. 4 Critical, 2 Urgent)
- Upgrade any time to reveal the rest
Tracker
Know exactly where you stand and what to fix.
- 1 business — full score and every data point
- Every issue ranked Critical, Urgent or Recommended
- Reveal 3 fixes a month — the exact steps to take
- Weekly re-scores with history and trends
- AI Visibility Monitor & instant alerts
- Competitor Watch — up to 3 rivals
Toolkit
Unlock more fixes — plus every tool to act on them.
- Everything in Tracker
- Track up to 3 businesses
- Reveal 10 fixes a month
- AI Review Responder — replies in your voice, 24/7
- Hosted AI-Citation Page — always live
- AI-Ready Content Pack — schema + quotable pages
- Listings Tracker — one master record synced across platforms
Just want one tool? Add any of them individually — Review Responder, Citation Page, Content Pack, Monitor, Competitor Watch, Listings Tracker.
AI recommendations are the new front page. This is GEO.
When buyers ask AI instead of Googling, getting named in the answer is the new page-one ranking. The discipline has a name — GEO — and MadeTheList is the one tool that measures it and fixes it for local businesses.
Generative Engine Optimization
Get named and cited in answers from ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Grok — not just ranked on Google.
Answer Engine Optimization
Win the direct answer — featured snippets and assistant replies — with structured, quotable facts.
Answer Intelligence Optimization
Make your content easy for AI to interpret correctly and quote — clear, consistent, source-ready.
Monitor-only tools stop at telling you the problem — and charge $135–$370/mo to do it. MadeTheList covers GEO, AEO and AIO, then hands you the tools to actually fix your visibility, from $59/mo.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about AI visibility and how MadeTheList helps.
What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?
What's the difference between GEO, AEO and AIO?
How is MadeTheList different from AI-visibility monitors?
Which AI assistants does MadeTheList check?
Is the Answer Score really free?
How does MadeTheList actually fix my AI visibility?
Do I need to be technical to use it?
How much does MadeTheList cost?
Your competitors are being recommended. Are you?
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