Show HN: AnswerRank – AEO Tool for online businesses

AnswerRank, a new AI search optimization tool for online businesses, measures how often a brand is named in AI-generated answers from ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI, providing actionable insights to improve visibility. The tool offers a 7-day free trial of Pro, with founding-member pricing locked in for subscribers, and includes features like long-tail question discovery, competitor tracking, and MCP integration.

Billions of questions go to ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google's AI every day, and the answer names a few brands. AnswerRank measures whether one of them is you, and shows exactly what to change. 7-day free trial of Pro · cancel anytime · first analysis in minutes Search used to give your buyer a page of options to compare. Now the assistant returns a few names and a recommendation. If you are not in that answer, you are not in the running, and you never see it happen. Winning that answer is generative engine optimization, and AnswerRank makes it measurable. Your rivals cannot hide in an AI answer. Every run names who wins each of your buyers' questions, how often, and which one is quietly becoming the default — before your market notices. One number tells you if it's working: how often the answer names you. Run it on repeat and the trend is yours to keep — no scripts, no crawlers, no guessing. Long-tail buyer questions with real demand and no settled answer are free ground. AnswerRank finds them, scores the difficulty honestly, and hands you the ones you can take this month. Every answer leans on sources — reviews, threads, listicles. AnswerRank shows exactly which pages your engines cite for your category, so every mention you earn moves a real answer. A missed answer is an article waiting to exist. One click writes the comparison page, the community reply, or the FAQ that takes it — in your voice, ready to edit and ship. Your buyers' real questions, run across every engine — with how often the answer names you, measured on repeat. Every brand the answer recommends, how often each one wins, and the open ground nobody owns yet. The reviews, citations, and communities AI leans on for your category — each one linked to where you can show up next. A prioritized plan with quick wins first and slow work labeled honestly. A to-do list — not just a score. Buyers ask AI for a shortlist and get a few names back. AnswerRank runs their real questions across the engines and shows whether the answer names you — measured, on repeat. Connect AnswerRank over MCP and just ask. Your assistant pulls your live Answer Share, the competitors winning instead, and your fix list. Buyers don't all ask the same assistant. One analysis measures the answers that matter and gives you one plan that moves them together. The same Pro, twelve months for the price of ten. Card up front, nothing charged for 7 days, cancel anytime. Founding-member pricing — locked in for as long as you stay subscribed. Add your domain, run your first analysis, and get a measured read on your AI presence plus a prioritized plan to improve it.