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SageRank Sentinel query bots query OpenAI's API model frameworks under standard temperature scales. We evaluate citation probability, link rendering frequency, and entity context match index to calculate the brand visibility index in ChatGPT search responses.

Answer Engine Optimization formats your structural HTML, schema graphs, and entity density to be optimized for LLMs. Since models retrieve answers from semantic structures rather than raw keyword strings, AEO is critical to ensure you appear in direct AI answers.

GEO Radar conducts automated search queries across Perplexity, Gemini, and ChatGPT. By analyzing the ratio of total brand mentions to competitor mentions in generated citations, we establish your Neural Share-of-Voice index.

Generative Engine Optimization is the methodology of structuring authority signals (like backing citation links, co-occurrence citations, and trust metrics) so that your brand is retrieved as a trusted reference by retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines.

LLM parsers rely heavily on semantic hierarchies like JSON-LD, Microdata, and clean HTML5 elements. Proper tagging helps the AI's chunking algorithm extract your core facts and cite them accurately, rather than misinterpreting site layout noise.

ShieldAI blocks offensive scraper bots, unauthorized LLM content harvesters, and commercial web extractors. We identify threat patterns by analyzing bot behaviors, fingerprinting TCP handshakes, and monitoring high-frequency request bursts.

No. ShieldAI maintains a verified registry of whitelist IP addresses, reverse-DNS routing maps, and cryptographic signatures for legitimate search engine bots (like Googlebot, Bingbot, and Applebot). Standard search ranking is never compromised.

SageRank runs core structural checks every 5 minutes to verify cache headers, response codes, and SSL certificate validity. Deeper entity citations and LLM Share-of-Voice scans run every 24 hours to capture search matrix drifts.

Yes. In the SAGERANK Dashboard, you can toggle active blocking modes, configure custom rate-limit filters, define explicit block lists for individual AI crawler headers, or set rules to serve spoofed dummy data to scrapers.

We aggregate threat intelligence logs across all client deployments. If a malicious scraper bot is flagged on one domain, its fingerprint signature is immediately distributed to all Sentinel nodes worldwide, blocking the bot before it hits your server.

Annual plans are billed as a single upfront payment via Stripe for 12 months of access. You get the equivalent of 10 months' pricing — meaning 2 months are completely free. The annual Pro plan is $790/year ($65.83/mo equivalent), and Sentinel is $1,990/year ($165.83/mo equivalent).

If you cancel an annual plan, you retain full access to all paid features for the entire 12-month period you already paid for. At the end of that 12-month period, your account is automatically converted to a free account — your data is preserved, but paid features are disabled.

When you register a free account, you receive an allocation of 3 complimentary scans to test the system. No credit card is required. Once your 3-scan limit is reached, scanning engines will pause until you upgrade to SAGE Pro or SAGE Sentinel.

Yes. If you upgrade from a monthly plan to an annual plan mid-cycle, your remaining monthly balance is credited as a pro-rated deduction against the annual fee. Downgrading from annual to monthly is not permitted mid-cycle.

Monthly subscriptions are billed in advance each month via Stripe. Annual subscriptions are billed as a single upfront payment and auto-renew at 12 months. All prices are in USD. Stripe handles payment processing securely.

When a paid subscription ends (either monthly cycle or annual period), the account automatically converts to a free tier. Free accounts retain all historical data and reports you generated during your paid period but lose access to new scans.