[ Glossary ]
AEO + SEO,
defined plainly.
The vocabulary BCited uses across the dashboard, in briefs, and in our writing. Short definitions, real examples, and what each term means for the way AI engines cite your site.
A
- AEO (Answer Engine Optimization)The practice of getting your site cited by AI answer engines like ChatGPT, Claude, and Per…
- AI Overview (Google AI Overview)Google's AI-generated summary at the top of a search results page that synthesizes an answ…
- ai.txtA robots.txt-style file declaring whether you opt into AI training on your content. Useful…
- Authority ScoreA 0–100 score per topical cluster that captures how strongly your site owns the cluster's …
B
- Brand RankYour position in an AI engine's citation list when it does cite you. 1 means first source;…
C
- CitationWhen an AI answer engine names your domain as a source in the answer it generates. The cli…
- ClusteringThe process of grouping a project's Google Search Console queries into topical buckets so …
- Content BriefA structured outline for a new page — title, headings, target queries, entities, schema. W…
- Coverage DiffThe LLM's read on what's missing from your existing site coverage for a topical cluster. A…
E
- EEAT (Experience, Expertise, Authoritativeness, Trustworthiness)Google's framework for evaluating content quality. The signals that lift a page from 'inde…
- EmbeddingA numerical vector representation of text. BCited embeds your ranking queries to find clus…
G
- Google Search ConsoleGoogle's free tool that reports the queries you rank for, your impressions, your clicks, a…
I
- ImpressionsThe number of times a query's result appeared on a Google Search results page, regardless …
- IngestionThe seven-step background workflow that pulls a project's last 90 days of Google Search Co…
- Internal LinkingLinks between pages on your own site. Distributes ranking authority, signals topical relat…
L
- Letter GradeThe A-F summary score the site readiness audit assigns based on overall percentage across …
- llms.txtA plain-text file at the root of a site that summarizes the brand and maps AI crawlers to …
M
- MentionWhen an AI engine names your brand in an answer but doesn't link to your domain. Worth hal…
- Monthly ReportAn Agency-tier readiness report that auto-generates on the 1st of each month, snapshots cl…
O
- Ownership StatusA one-word classification per cluster: Owned, Partial, Gap, or Cannibal. The fast read on …
P
- ProviderOne of the three AI engines BCited queries for AEO measurement — OpenAI (ChatGPT), Anthrop…
Q
- Quick WinA query you're already ranking for between positions 5–20 with non-trivial impressions. Sm…
S
- Schema MarkupStructured data added to a page via JSON-LD that tells search engines and LLMs what type o…
- SEO (Search Engine Optimization)The practice of structuring a site so it ranks well on traditional search engines. The fou…
- Site Readiness AuditA 30+ check scan across nine categories — indexing, metadata, social, schema, AEO, interna…
T
- Topical ClusterA group of search queries that share semantic intent. BCited discovers them by embedding G…
- Tracked PromptA question you've registered for BCited to run periodically against ChatGPT, Claude, and P…
V
- Visibility ScoreBCited's composite 0–100 AEO score blending citation rate, mention rate, and citation rank…
W
- White-LabelAn Agency-tier feature that replaces BCited branding with the agency's own on public AEO V…