Definition
What is a Citation-Gap Audit?
A Citation-Gap Audit is a structured review that identifies the buyer questions — and the AI answer engines — where competitors get cited instead of you.
People search this as citation gap, citation-gap audit, or citation gap audit. Same idea: find where AI shortlists leave you out.
In plain English
Buyers ask AI before they ask you
Serious buyers type unbranded questions into ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Those systems answer with a shortlist of firms. If peers appear and you do not, that is a citation gap.
A Citation-Gap Audit records those answers on specific run dates and turns them into a dated PDF you can actually read — not a dashboard, not a retainer, not a promise to “get you ranked.”
How this product works
Ten prompts. Five competitors. Four engines. One PDF.
- Ten buyer prompts — questions a serious buyer would ask in your category.
- Five competitors — ones you name, or five selected from the category.
- Four engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot.
- Gap list — prompts and engines where a competitor is named and you are not.
- Delivery — email PDF within five business days of the runs starting. Price: $2,500 USD.
Sold by Mark Stevenson at citationgapaudit.com. One operator. Confirm fit before you pay.
FAQ
Common questions
Citation gap vs citation-gap audit
A citation gap is the problem: an AI answer names a peer and not you. A Citation-Gap Audit is the dated PDF that maps those gaps across ten prompts and four engines. Same search intent; one is the gap, one is the snapshot.
Citation gap vs SEO gap
SEO gaps are about rankings and pages. A citation gap is about whether an AI answer names you at all on a buyer question.
Which engines are covered?
ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot. Gemini is not in the live product scope.
Is this software?
No. No login, no API, no weekly crawl. One dated file from Mark Stevenson.
How long does it take?
PDF emailed within five business days of the engine runs starting, after fit and payment.
Will this put me in AI Overviews?
The audit does not create citations. It shows the current picture so you can decide what, if anything, to do next.
Next step
Email Mark to buy
Write mark@citationgapaudit.com with company, domain, category, and optional competitors. Do not pay until fit is confirmed.