AI Visibility

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Microsoft Just Folded $499/mo AI Citation Tracking Into a Free Clarity Tab

Microsoft moved AI Citations in Microsoft Clarity from limited preview to general availability on May 13, 2026. The dashboard tracks page citations, share of authority, AI referral traffic, and grounding queries for any site with the Clarity tag installed, with no traffic cap and no paid tier. That drops the

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AI Visibility Tools Cost $500 a Month. The Entire Stack Costs $100 to Build Yourself.

The AI search visibility category has a pricing problem, and it is not the one the vendors want you to think about. If you are tracking how your brand shows up in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and Google's AI Overviews, you are probably paying between $200 and $500 per

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300,000 Domains Tested llms.txt. It Does Nothing for AI Visibility.

The premise behind llms.txt was straightforward: give AI models a structured file that explains what your site is about, and they'll cite you more often. It's a clean idea. Intuitive, even. It arrived in the SEO world with the kind of momentum that usually means

Blueprint-style diagram showing llms.txt file connected to search rankings chart and AI neural network, with a magnifying glass scanning domain data overlaid on static noise pattern

300,000 Domains Tested llms.txt. It Does Nothing for AI Visibility.

The premise behind llms.txt was straightforward: give AI models a structured file that explains what your site is about, and they'll cite you more often. It's a clean idea. Intuitive, even. It arrived in the SEO world with the kind of momentum that usually means