[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":186},["ShallowReactive",2],{"blog-how-to-get-your-business-cited-by-chatgpt":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":162,"description":163,"extension":164,"faq":165,"meta":175,"navigation":176,"path":177,"seo":178,"stem":179,"tags":180,"updated":184,"__hash__":185},"blog\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-get-your-business-cited-by-chatgpt.md","How to get your business cited by ChatGPT",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":153},"minimark",[9,14,18,67,74,87,91,94,131,135],[10,11,13],"h2",{"id":12},"start-with-access-not-writing","Start with access, not writing",[15,16,17],"p",{},"Before a single sentence of content matters, an AI crawler has to be able to reach your page at all. Check these first:",[19,20,21,55,61],"ol",{},[22,23,24,32,33,36,37,40,41,40,44,40,47,50,51,54],"li",{},[25,26,27,31],"strong",{},[28,29,30],"code",{},"robots.txt"," allows AI crawlers."," Open ",[28,34,35],{},"yoursite.com\u002Frobots.txt"," and confirm ",[28,38,39],{},"GPTBot",", ",[28,42,43],{},"ChatGPT-User",[28,45,46],{},"PerplexityBot",[28,48,49],{},"ClaudeBot"," and ",[28,52,53],{},"Google-Extended"," aren't disallowed. Many site builders and page-builder plugins block these by default, without telling you.",[22,56,57,60],{},[25,58,59],{},"Content is server-rendered."," If your homepage's actual text only appears after JavaScript executes in a browser, many crawlers see an empty shell. Content needs to exist in the raw HTML response — this is one of the reasons this site is built with server-side rendering by default, rather than a client-only JavaScript app.",[22,62,63,66],{},[25,64,65],{},"Pages load fast and don't block on scripts."," Slow, script-heavy pages get skipped or partially read.",[10,68,70,71],{"id":69},"then-publish-an-llmstxt","Then, publish an ",[28,72,73],{},"llms.txt",[15,75,76,78,79,82,83,86],{},[28,77,73],{}," is an emerging standard: a plain-text file at the root of your site (",[28,80,81],{},"yoursite.com\u002Fllms.txt",") that summarises what your site is, what it offers, and links to the pages that matter most. Think of it as a concise briefing document for an AI crawler, in the same spirit as ",[28,84,85],{},"sitemap.xml"," — but written for models, not search indexers.",[10,88,90],{"id":89},"write-to-be-quoted-not-just-read","Write to be quoted, not just read",[15,92,93],{},"Once a crawler can reach your content, the writing itself decides whether it gets cited. In practice:",[95,96,97,103,109,115,125],"ul",{},[22,98,99,102],{},[25,100,101],{},"Lead with the answer."," State the fact or definition first, then explain it — don't bury the useful sentence three paragraphs into a story.",[22,104,105,108],{},[25,106,107],{},"Use concrete numbers."," \"Most small business sites take 3–6 weeks to build\" is citable. \"We deliver websites quickly\" is not.",[22,110,111,114],{},[25,112,113],{},"Define your terms plainly."," If you use an industry term, define it in the same breath — AI models favour content that doesn't require outside context to understand.",[22,116,117,120,121,124],{},[25,118,119],{},"Structure real FAQs."," Direct question-and-answer pairs, backed by ",[28,122,123],{},"FAQPage"," schema, are close to the exact shape a generative answer engine reproduces.",[22,126,127,130],{},[25,128,129],{},"Cut the fluff a model would skip anyway."," Marketing adjectives with no factual content (\"industry-leading\", \"world-class\") don't get quoted — specific, checkable claims do.",[10,132,134],{"id":133},"a-simple-test-you-can-run-today","A simple test you can run today",[15,136,137,138,142,143,146,147,50,149,152],{},"Ask ChatGPT or Perplexity a question your business should be able to answer — \"who's a good ",[139,140,141],"span",{},"your service"," in ",[139,144,145],{},"your city","\" or \"what's the difference between ",[139,148,141],{},[139,150,151],{},"alternative","\" — and see what comes back. If your business isn't mentioned, work backwards from the checklist above: is the crawler blocked, is the content invisible without JavaScript, or is the writing too vague to quote? That diagnosis is most of the work.",{"title":154,"searchDepth":155,"depth":155,"links":156},"",2,[157,158,160,161],{"id":12,"depth":155,"text":13},{"id":69,"depth":155,"text":159},"Then, publish an llms.txt",{"id":89,"depth":155,"text":90},{"id":133,"depth":155,"text":134},"2026-02-03","A practical checklist for making your website citable by ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI answer engines — crawler access, llms.txt, and citation-friendly writing.","md",[166,169,172],{"question":167,"answer":168},"Why isn't my business showing up in ChatGPT answers?","Usually one of three reasons — AI crawlers are blocked in robots.txt, key content only renders after JavaScript runs (so crawlers never see it), or the content itself isn't written in a clear, citable, factual way.",{"question":170,"answer":171},"Do I need to submit my site to ChatGPT somewhere?","No. There's no submission form. AI answer engines discover and read sites the same way search engines do — by crawling — so the work is making your site accessible and citable, not applying anywhere.",{"question":173,"answer":174},"How long does it take to see results?","Crawler access and technical fixes can happen within days. Actually appearing in AI answers depends on the model's training and retrieval cycles, which are outside anyone's direct control — so treat this as an ongoing practice, not a one-off task with a fixed deadline.",{},true,"\u002Fblog\u002Fhow-to-get-your-business-cited-by-chatgpt",{"title":5,"description":163},"blog\u002Fhow-to-get-your-business-cited-by-chatgpt",[181,182,183],"geo","ai-search","checklist",null,"Zkn58xIVg3aXySsGD6n5D7hGu267i73-ARHPclAChdM",1783427463674]