What does "AI visibility" mean for my business?

When someone asks ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini "what is the best..." or "where can I find...", AI gives specific recommendations. AI visibility is a measure of how often — and how positively — these AI platforms mention your business. It's the new version of being on the first page of Google, except now there are no pages — just one answer.

Which AI platforms do you monitor?

Pendium monitors ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok, Perplexity, DeepSeek, and Google AI Overviews — seven major AI platforms that consumers use to research local services. We run real queries that your customers actually ask and analyze the responses for mentions of your business, competitors, and industry topics.

How does Pendium improve my visibility?

Three ways. First, we identify the exact queries and topics where you're invisible. Second, we generate AI-optimized content — articles, guides, social posts — designed to help AI agents understand your business and recommend your services to the right people. Third, we continuously monitor to track improvement and find new opportunities. Most clients see measurable improvement within 60 days.

How long until I see results?

You'll get your first visibility report within minutes of signing up. Actual visibility improvement varies, but our clients typically see a 47% average improvement within 60 days. Some see results faster — it depends on your current online presence and how competitive your local market is.

Do I need to be technical to use this?

Not at all. Enter your website URL and Pendium handles everything: scanning AI platforms, analyzing your visibility, generating content, and tracking improvement. The dashboard is designed for business owners, not engineers. If you can check your email, you can use Pendium.

What makes this different from SEO?

Traditional SEO optimizes for Google's search rankings — blue links on a results page. AI visibility is different: AI doesn't show links, it gives direct answers. Even if you rank #1 on Google, ChatGPT might recommend a competitor. Pendium optimizes for the new paradigm — making sure AI platforms know about, trust, and recommend your business.

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Example Domain

Visibility74

Vibe88

Businesses/Internet Infrastructure/Example Domain

AI Visibility & Sentiment

Example Domain

Example Domain is a reserved domain operated by IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) specifically for use in documentation, tutorials, and illustrative examples. It provides a safe, permission-free domain that developers and technical writers can reference without risk of linking to real websites.

Active Monitoring

example.com

Internet Infrastructure

AI Visibility Score

74/100

Good

Sentiment Score

88/100

AI Perception

Key Takeaways

How AI platforms collectively perceive and describe Example Domain today.

Example Domain demonstrates exceptional visibility across major LLMs, maintaining near-total dominance as the primary reference for technical documentation and code samples. While it ranks #1 in most conversational AI queries, there is a significant performance drop in Google AI Overviews and persistent mixed sentiment regarding its safety for production use.

Working in your favor

Industry-leading mention rates on Claude (100%) and ChatGPT (96%) with near-perfect ranking positions.

Total dominance in the 'Code Sample and API Testing Development' query category across all tested personas.

Strong alignment with DevOps Automation Architects, achieving an 88% mention rate and 1.2 average position.

Gaps to close

Significantly lower visibility in Google AI Overviews (46%) compared to the 90%+ performance in LLMs.

Inconsistent presence in local environment configuration queries, such as etc/hosts file setups.

Mixed sentiment across all platforms, specifically regarding the safety of using the domain in production environments.

Opportunities

Bridge the gap in AI Overviews by optimizing structured data and technical documentation for Google's RAG systems.

Address 'mixed sentiment' by publishing clear, authoritative guidelines on the domain's purpose as a reserved IANA standard.

Expand content to cover system administration and infrastructure-as-code snippets where Terraform and Kubernetes currently appear as competitors.

Highest-Impact Actions

Optimize technical documentation for Google AI Overviews indexability.

The 46% mention rate in AI Overviews is the brand's primary weakness compared to its near-perfect LLM performance.

Create an 'Official Usage and Safety' resource page to resolve sentiment issues.

Queries regarding whether the domain is 'actually safe' are returning mixed sentiment, which can be mitigated with clear authority signals.

Develop specific tutorials for 'etc/hosts' and local system configuration.

This specific technical gap allows generic placeholders or competitor mentions to surface where Example Domain should be the standard.

Value Proposition

A universally recognized, permanently reserved domain that can be freely used in examples and documentation without requiring permission or risking broken links to real websites.

Overview

Mission

To provide a stable, reserved domain for use in documentation examples without requiring permission.

Products & Services

Reserved example domain for documentationSafe placeholder URLs for tutorialsPermission-free domain references for code samples

Current State

Visibility Landscape

A high-level view of how Example Domain performs across AI platforms, broken down by strategic priority level — from core brand queries to growth opportunities.

	ChatGPT	Claude	Gemini	AI Overviews
Reputation1q Sentiment when asked about the brand directly	100	100	100	50
“What do you know about Example Domain? What do they do and what's their reputation?”	Positive	Positive	Positive	Neutral
Core Product/service category queries	—	—	—	—
Growth Areas Adjacent, aspirational & visionary	—	—	—	—

“What do you know about Example Domain? What do they do and what's their reputation?”

Positive

Neutral

Brand Ecosystem

Example Domain

67 mentions

Terraform

18 mentions

example.org

16 mentions

example.net

16 mentions

Kubernetes

15 mentions

curl

15 mentions

Windows

14 mentions

Linux

13 mentions

Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

13 mentions

macOS

9 mentions

Docker

9 mentions

Analysis

Insights & Recommended Actions

What's working, what's not, and specific steps to improve Example Domain's AI visibility.

Key Findings

Strength

Industry-leading mention rates on Claude (100%) and ChatGPT (96%) with near-perfect ranking positions.

Strength

Total dominance in the 'Code Sample and API Testing Development' query category across all tested personas.

Strength

Strong alignment with DevOps Automation Architects, achieving an 88% mention rate and 1.2 average position.

Recommended Actions

Optimize technical documentation for Google AI Overviews indexability.

The 46% mention rate in AI Overviews is the brand's primary weakness compared to its near-perfect LLM performance.

Create an 'Official Usage and Safety' resource page to resolve sentiment issues.

Queries regarding whether the domain is 'actually safe' are returning mixed sentiment, which can be mitigated with clear authority signals.

Develop specific tutorials for 'etc/hosts' and local system configuration.

This specific technical gap allows generic placeholders or competitor mentions to surface where Example Domain should be the standard.

Content Engineering

Content Ideas

Content designed to help AI agents learn about your category and recommend your brand.

Programmatic Testing

Sample Conversations

We programmatically analyze questions that real customers are asking to AI agents and chatbots, extract brand mentions and sentiment, analyze every response, and synthesize the data into an action plan to increase AI visibility.

ChatGPT

Claude

Gemini

AI Overviews

Technical Documentation And Tutorial Authoring(3 queries)

“what url should i use for a demo website in my tutorial”

4/4 platforms mentioned

DevOps Automation Architect · Lead Site Reliability Engineer

ChatGPT

1.example.com

2.Kubernetes

3.sslip.io

4.nip.io

5.Let's Encrypt

Claude

1.example.com

2.example.org

3.example.net

4.curl

5.kubectl

+4 more

Gemini

1.Kubernetes

2.example.com

3.example.org

4.example.net

5.Linux

+6 more

AI Overviews

1.Study.com

2.Mozilla

3.Elementor

4.Wikipedia

5.MDN Web Docs

+3 more

“help me find safe placeholder urls for tutorials i am writing”

4/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

1.example.com

2.example.org

3.example.net

4.google.com

Claude

1.example.com

2.example.org

3.example.net

4.test.com

5.httpbin.org

+4 more

Gemini

1.example.com

2.example.org

3.example.net

4.JSONPlaceholder

5.ReqRes

+6 more

AI Overviews

1.example.com

2.api.example.com

3.Word

4.YouTube

5.User Experience Stack Exchange

+6 more

“give me a sample config file for a web server using a generic domain”

3/4 platforms mentioned

ChatGPT

1.example.com

2.Nginx

3.Apache

4.PHP

5.Certbot

+3 more

Claude

1.Nginx

2.example.com

3.PHP

4.Apache

Gemini

1.example.com

2.Nginx

3.Apache

4.Caddy

5.Let's Encrypt

+10 more

AI Overviews

1.ASP.NET

2.VB.NET

3.Windows Server

4.Gzip

Source Intelligence

Citations

The sources AI platforms cite when recommending this brand. Pendium reverse-engineers what's already proven to be catnip to AI agents, then engineers content that fills gaps and helps agents do their job — which means more citations for you.

example.com

Example Domain

Key Takeaways

Visibility Landscape

Insights & Recommended Actions

Content Ideas

Sample Conversations

Citations

Brand Voice & Style

Engineer content that makes AI agents recommend you

Start gettingrecommended by AI.

Frequently asked questions

Example Domain

Key Takeaways

Visibility Landscape

Insights & Recommended Actions

Content Ideas

Sample Conversations

Citations

Brand Voice & Style

Engineer content that makes AI agents recommend you

Start gettingrecommended by AI.

Frequently asked questions

Start getting
recommended by AI.

Start getting
recommended by AI.