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How do you track AI visibility? Do not trust one score. Track mentions, citations, impressions, referral visits, and business results as separate signals.

Start with twenty to thirty questions that your buyers already ask. Pull their words from sales calls, contact forms, support messages, customer interviews, and Search Console queries. Keep branded questions apart from non-branded questions. One tests what an AI tool says about a known company. The other tests whether that company gets discovered.

Save this first prompt list and keep it fixed. Run each prompt more than once when you build the baseline. Use a new chat each time, since earlier messages can shape later answers. Record the prompt, tool, date, location, account state, full answer, and every cited source.

The result is a sample, not a fixed rank. An answer can change when you repeat the question, or when the model, location, account, date, or earlier messages change. Pick the two or three tools your buyers are most likely to use, then repeat the same test on a set schedule.

Next, read the answers. A brand mention can still be weak or wrong. Track whether your brand appears, whether it ranks as a top pick, whether the answer cites your site, which competitors appear, and whether the details about your services and locations are right. Keep the raw answers because a score can hide why a result changed.

Add data from the platforms when you have it. Google Search Console can report AI impressions, while Bing Webmaster Tools can report citations. Treat both as exposure, not as visits or sales.

Then check what happens on your site. In Google Analytics, review visits from recognized AI tools, landing pages, engaged sessions, form submissions, demo requests, and sales. Referral data will miss people who remember your name and return another way, so ask new leads an open question: How did you first hear about us?

Put these signals into one monthly report, but keep each measure separate. Note any change to the prompt set, model, or tracking setup. Note what your team published or fixed. After four weeks, run the same checks again. You will see where your brand appeared, what the answer said, who reached your site, and whether it helped the business.

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