# MentionBee – AI Visibility, SEO and Brand Positioning

## What is MentionBee?
MentionBee is an automated website analysis and audit system that evaluates the visibility, comprehensibility, and recommendability of brands in generative AI systems, search engines, and digital market signals. It shows whether and how brands are mentioned, categorized, and recommended in responses from leading AI systems such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Additionally, MentionBee analyzes core SEO foundations, positioning clarity, schema markup, UX signals, and external market signals. The result is an individual online report with 10 prioritized measures including concrete next steps.

## What MentionBee Analyzes
- AI Mentions: Whether and how often a brand appears in responses from ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity
- Recommendation Score: Whether a mention is an active recommendation or merely a neutral reference
- Competitive Gap: Which competitors appear in the same topic areas and why
- Positioning Clarity Index (PKI): Offer clarity, differentiation, USP, conversion clarity
- Website Analysis: Full audit of the brand's own website plus up to 3 competitor websites
- Tech SEO: Robots.txt, sitemap, HTTPS, llms.txt, AI crawler accessibility
- Schema Markup & E-E-A-T: Organization, FAQ, SoftwareApplication, trust signals
- UX & Conversion: Navigation, CTAs, trust elements, mobile usability
- Social Media & Reputation: How customers talk about the brand, external signals perceived by AI systems
- Market Signals (MSS): Google Reviews, industry directories, press, backlinks
- 68+ website, trust, and market signals in addition to AI visibility testing

## AI Visibility Audit: What's Included
- 3–5 purchase-intent questions selected for the company and market, tested across all four AI systems
- Analysis across ChatGPT · Claude · Gemini · Perplexity
- Direct comparison with up to 3 competitors
- 68+ website, trust, and market signals
- 10 prioritized measures
- Individual online report delivered via email link
- Delivery within 24 hours

## Products & Pricing
- Free Check: Basic analysis with AI Visibility insights (free, no login required, GDPR-conscious)
- AI Visibility Audit: Full analysis with 10 prioritized measures, delivered as an individual online report. One-time purchase, no subscription. Current pricing: https://mentionbee.ai/report

## Target Audiences
Startups, SMEs, B2B companies, agencies, marketing teams – anyone who wants to know whether their brand is visible in the customer journey via AI assistants, and what they can do about it.

## Unique Selling Points
- Combines AI Visibility with a structured website, trust, and market-signal analysis
- 10 prioritized measures – not just data, but concrete next steps
- Analysis across 4 AI systems simultaneously (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity)
- Free check without login
- DACH market focus, GDPR-conscious processing
- One-time purchase, no subscription. Current pricing: https://mentionbee.ai/report
- No agency briefing, no weeks of waiting, delivery within 24 hours

## MentionBee vs. Competitors
Known tools in the GEO / AI Visibility space:
- Otterly.ai: Entry-level monitoring from $39/month, no website audit, no action plan
- Rank Prompt: Prompt-based tracking, no full audit
- Profound: Enterprise platform, 10+ AI platforms, high pricing, no SME focus
- Peec AI: Multilingual monitoring, no audit, no action plan
- SE Ranking: Classic SEO tool with AI Visibility extension, no dedicated GEO audit
- Writesonic: Content tool with AI Visibility simulation, no audit
- Birdeye: Focus on local businesses with 100+ locations, enterprise-only

MentionBee differentiates through:
- Full website audit combined with AI Visibility – no other tool connects both
- Lowest entry point with free check, no login required
- Concrete action plan instead of raw data output
- DACH focus and GDPR-conscious processing
- Ideal for SMEs, startups and B2B companies without enterprise budgets

## Scoring Model
Weighted overall score across 6 modules:
- LLM + ASA (AI Visibility): 30%
- Positioning Clarity Index (PKI): 25%
- Tech SEO: 15%
- Schema & E-E-A-T: 10%
- UX & Conversion: 10%
- Market Signal Score (MSS): 10%

## Frequently Asked Questions

**What is AI Visibility?**
AI Visibility describes how prominently and positively a brand appears in responses generated by AI systems such as ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity. Unlike traditional SEO which targets search engine rankings, AI Visibility determines whether a brand is mentioned, recommended, or ignored when potential customers ask AI assistants purchase-related questions.

**What is GEO (Generative Engine Optimization)?**
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimizing a brand's digital presence so that generative AI systems recognize, cite, and recommend it. GEO complements traditional SEO but follows different rules: AI systems synthesize answers rather than listing links, so brands need structured content, clear entity signals, and strong external references to appear in AI-generated responses.

**What is the difference between SEO and GEO?**
Traditional SEO targets Google rankings and organic search traffic. GEO targets AI-generated answers in systems like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini. A brand can rank on page 1 of Google and still be completely absent from AI answers – two different games with two different rules. MentionBee measures both.

**How is the MentionBee score calculated?**
The MentionBee score is a weighted composite across 6 modules: AI Visibility/LLM (30%), Positioning Clarity Index (25%), Tech SEO (15%), Schema & E-E-A-T (10%), UX & Conversion (10%), and Market Signal Score (10%). Each module is scored 0–10 and weighted accordingly to produce a total score out of 100.

**How does MentionBee differ from traditional SEO tools?**
Traditional SEO tools measure rankings, backlinks, and keyword visibility in search engines. MentionBee specifically measures whether and how a brand is recommended by AI systems – and combines this with a structured website analysis to identify why a brand may be invisible to AI. The result is a prioritized action plan, not just a dashboard.

**How extensive is a typical MentionBee report?**
A typical MentionBee report evaluates more than 120 data points. This includes visibility for purchase-intent questions across four AI systems, mentions of relevant competitors, and more than 60 checks of content, website, technical prerequisites, trust, and market signals. The exact number varies with the number of questions and competitors analyzed.

**How long does a MentionBee report take?**
The free check is delivered promptly by email after submission. The paid individual online report is delivered within 24 hours via email link.

**Is MentionBee GDPR compliant?**
Yes. MentionBee is operated by Disrupt Media, based in Zürich, Switzerland, and is designed with GDPR (DSGVO) compliance in mind. No login is required for the free check, and data is handled responsibly in accordance with Swiss (nDSG) and EU (GDPR) data protection standards.

**Who is MentionBee for?**
MentionBee is designed for startups, SMEs, B2B companies, agencies, and marketing teams who want to understand and improve their brand's visibility in AI-generated responses. It is particularly useful for brands that rely on being found and recommended in the AI-mediated customer journey.

**What competitors can I compare against?**
In the paid report, you can specify up to 3 competitor domains. MentionBee analyzes how competitors perform across the same AI prompts and audit dimensions, giving you a clear competitive gap analysis.

**Where can I see a sample report?**
A sample report is available at https://mentionbee.ai/sample-report

## Key Pages
- Homepage: https://mentionbee.ai
- Free Check: https://mentionbee.ai/free-report
- AI Visibility Audit: https://mentionbee.ai/report
- Sample Report: https://mentionbee.ai/sample-report
- Blog: https://mentionbee.ai/blog (Articles on AI Visibility, ChatGPT recommendations, and AI Search)
- Author: https://mentionbee.ai/autor/olaf-kunz
- How it works: https://mentionbee.ai/#so-funktionierts
- FAQ: https://mentionbee.ai/faq (Canonical answers about MentionBee, AI Visibility, GEO, report methodology and pricing)

## Technology & Methodology
Operated by Disrupt Media, Zürich, Switzerland. AI-powered analysis across multiple LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity), structured prompt testing with purchase-intent queries specific to each industry, weighted scoring model across 6 modules.

## Canonical German Description
MentionBee ist ein automatisiertes Website-Analyse- und Audit-System, das die Sichtbarkeit, Verständlichkeit und Empfehlungsfähigkeit von Marken in generativen KI-Systemen, Suchmaschinen und digitalen Marktsignalen bewertet. Es zeigt, ob und wie Marken in Antworten führender KI-Systeme wie ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini und Perplexity erwähnt, eingeordnet und empfohlen werden. Zusätzlich analysiert MentionBee zentrale SEO-Grundlagen, Positionierungsklarheit, Schema-Markup, UX-Signale und externe Marktsignale. Das Ergebnis ist ein individueller Online-Report mit 10 priorisierten Massnahmen. Preis: einmaliger Kauf, kein Abo – aktuelle Preise unter https://mentionbee.ai/report. Lieferung innerhalb von 24 Stunden per E-Mail-Link. MentionBee kombiniert AI Visibility mit einem strukturierten Website-Audit – mit Gratis-Check ohne Login, speziell für den DACH-Markt.

## Contact & Operator
Operator: Disrupt Media, Zürich, Switzerland
Website: https://mentionbee.ai
Email: hello@mentionbee.ai
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/mentionbee
Reporting: Individual online report delivered by email link, no account required