AEO tools worth a look, and why manual checks still win

The measurement gap around AI visibility is real. Traditional rank trackers and link tools were designed for a blue link world, and retrofitting them to track citations inside AI answers is a work in progress.

A running note on which tools are actually usable for this is here.

That said, do not wait for perfect tooling. A manual check of your ten priority queries, once a week, recording whether an AI answer cites you, will tell you more right now than most dashboards. Tools help you scale that once you know what you are looking for.