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What steps should I take to get our SaaS product listed in the comparison tables that AI search engines frequently generate for our niche?

ChatGPTgpt-64 queries11/1/2026
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Fan-out diagram

The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
What steps should I take to get our SaaS product listed in the comparison tables that AI search engines frequently generate for our niche?
4 real searches · 1 real-search pass
how AI search engines select products for SaaS comparison tables generative engine optimization research citations third party sources 2025 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher content crawling recommendations OAI-SearchBot documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Google AI features website content guidance AI Overviews SEO documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Perplexity publisher crawler robots documentation search ranking sourcesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (4)
Short factOther / navigational75%ComparisonConsequenceReason25%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 4 of 4 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT4 real searches · gpt-6
how AI search engines select products for SaaS comparison tables generative engine optimization research citations third party sources 2025 2026 Google ↗
OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher content crawling recommendations OAI-SearchBot documentation Google ↗
Google AI features website content guidance AI Overviews SEO documentation Google ↗
Perplexity publisher crawler robots documentation search ranking sources Google ↗

Queries

4 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
how AI search engines select products for SaaS comparison tables generative engine optimization research citations third party sources 2025 2026
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher content crawling recommendations OAI-SearchBot documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Google AI features website content guidance AI Overviews SEO documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Perplexity publisher crawler robots documentation search ranking sources
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1