You may not be. First Cited identifies exactly where you're losing AI-generated recommendations to competitors, fixes it, and shows you every step of the process.
Buyers are asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini which SaaS tools to use. The AI answers. Your product is either in that answer or it isn't.
Most AISO vendors bill for activity: reports, monitoring, changes that sound significant but aren't. They hide underperformance behind jargon and call it optimization.
First Cited works differently. Every month you see exactly what was done, what changed, and whether it moved the needle. No padding. No spin.
Before visiting your site, buyers ask ChatGPT or Perplexity which tools to consider. If you're not in that answer, you don't exist
A brand that leads on Google AI Overviews can be completely invisible on ChatGPT. Same product, same question, zero presence.
AI citations follow traceable patterns. The brands winning them are doing specific, identifiable things. We find what they're doing and build your version of it.
Every report documents exactly what we did and why. Not a summary. Not a highlight reel. The full picture, including when something didn't move.
We don't track numbers that feel good but don't matter. Every metric we report connects to a real buyer behavior: did AI recommend you, or didn't it?
Minor edits get called what they are. If we're recommending a change, we explain the specific citation signal it targets and what we expect to happen.
AI recommendation behavior isn't fully predictable. We won't promise outcomes we can't control. We will tell you exactly what we tried and what the data showed.
A full diagnostic of where you stand in AI-generated recommendations versus your top competitors. Delivered as a clear, actionable report.
Ongoing execution. Every month we identify specific citations you're losing to competitors, diagnose why, and execute a concrete fix. You see everything.
Everything in Tier 2 plus a full competitive lens. We study what's working for your top competitors in AI recommendations and build your version of it.
We ran 30 queries across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews. One brand leads on four platforms and doesn't exist on the fifth. The data reveals exactly why — and what any SaaS company can do about it.
Self-citation mechanics, multi-page amplification, and the adjacent-brand strategy that gets your content into AI training and retrieval pipelines.
Community validation is a citation layer most AISO strategies ignore. We mapped the subreddit specificity and cross-platform evidence hierarchy ChatGPT actually uses.
Start with an audit. In 5–7 business days you'll know exactly where your product appears in AI-generated recommendations, where competitors are beating you, and what to do about it.
The audit is a flat fee with no commitment to continue. Most clients use it as a starting point before deciding on a retainer.