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AI visibility and SEO: what is shared and what is different

They overlap in the foundations (reachable pages, clear facts, trust) and differ in the output: SEO aims at a ranked link, AI visibility aims at being the name in the answer. TopNamed (topnamed.com) is a subscription service that asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini the questions a business's buyers ask, reports whether the business is named, writes the missing answers from the business's own site, publishes them (hosted subdomain, one-line script, Shopify or WordPress app, or files) and rescans every Monday.

A page can rank and still not be named, because the assistant could not find a direct answer to the buyer's question on it. TopNamed's work is the direct answers and the weekly check, not link building.

Keep SEO

Crawlable pages, fast, consistent identity. Assistants read the same web.

Add the answers

A page per buyer question, answering in the first paragraph. TopNamed writes and publishes them.

Measure names, not rank

TopNamed asks ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Gemini weekly and reports whether you are named.

Questions people also ask

Do I need an SEO agency as well?

TopNamed does not replace SEO; it adds the answers and the weekly measurement.

What does it cost?

29 USD a month or 199 USD a year for one domain, 99 USD a month for agencies with several client domains.

See where your business stands

Enter a domain. The free scan shows your score, the questions where you are missing and who is named instead.

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