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We need to audit our e-commerce site for AI search visibility but we have almost zero budget so what are the free methods to check if ChatGPT even knows we exist?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
We need to audit our e-commerce site for AI search visibility but we have almost zero budget so what are the free methods to check if ChatGPT even knows we exist?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
OpenAI official documentation OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search crawler robots.txt publishersGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Bing Webmaster Tools URL inspection sitemap free official documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
Google Search Console performance indexing sitemap official documentationGoogle ↗
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 (3)
Short factOther / navigational67%ComparisonConsequenceReasonDefinitionInstruction33%Yes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
OpenAI official documentation OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search crawler robots.txt publishers Google ↗
Bing Webmaster Tools URL inspection sitemap free official documentation Google ↗
Google Search Console performance indexing sitemap official documentation Google ↗
  1. Publishers and Developers - FAQ · help.openai.com
  2. Bing Webmaster Tools · bing.com
  3. URL Inspection · bing.com
  4. Webmaster Support · bing.com
  5. Site Scan · bing.com
  6. Google Search Console · search.google.com
  7. Page indexing report · support.google.com
  8. Google Search Console · search.google.com
  9. Rich Results Test · search.google.com
  10. OpenAI crawler documentation · developers.openai.com
  11. Overview of OpenAI Crawlers · developers.openai.com

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
OpenAI official documentation OAI-SearchBot ChatGPT search crawler robots.txt publishers
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1
Bing Webmaster Tools URL inspection sitemap free official documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Instruction——1x
of 1
Google Search Console performance indexing sitemap official documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1