Reading one
Can AI find it now?
The grounded reading lets each model use live search. It tests whether the public web can support the answer now and preserves the sources the model used.
AI Presence
What AI can find about you is not what it already knows.
AI Presence runs two readings. One lets AI search the live web. The other turns search off and asks from what the model has absorbed. Together, they show whether your Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) problem is findability, support, internalization, or a claim the live web cannot ground.
Reading two
Does AI already carry it?
The ungrounded reading turns search off. It tests what the model says from its existing internalization, with the model and answer preserved for comparison.
The evidence states
The difference is the diagnosis.
YOUmanize™ does not collapse the two readings into one visibility number. After completeness and recurrence checks, it classifies the gap.
Established
The claim appears in a grounded live-web read and in the model-only read. The public record is findable, and the model can answer without looking.
Not yet learned
The live web supports the claim, but the model does not carry it without search. The proof exists; internalization has not caught up.
Model-only
A model makes the assertion, but a targeted live-web check cannot support it. The source may have moved, closed, gone stale, or never existed.
Absent
Neither reading finds the claim, and targeted checks confirm the gap. This state requires a complete, repeated instrument before it is shown.
Why it matters
AEO starts with knowing which problem you actually have.
A findability problem calls for retrievable public proof. An internalization gap calls for time, corroboration, and a clearer public record. A Model-only assertion calls for verification before amplification. AI Presence tells you which problem you actually have.
Common questions
AI Presence, without the fog.
What is AI Presence?
AI Presence compares what AI can find about you with live web search against what AI already says about you without search. YOUmanize™ keeps those readings separate because they answer different questions and require different moves.
Does AI Presence change the YOUmanize™ Brand Trust Score?
No. AI Presence is a separate instrument. Its readings and evidence gaps have no direct Brand Trust Score effect.
Why are the results qualitative?
AI answers can vary across models and runs. YOUmanize™ preserves the model, grounding mode, source links, and instrument completeness instead of presenting a brittle percentage as permanent truth.
Does a higher Brand Trust Score guarantee better AEO?
No. No one can guarantee placement in an answer engine. The Brand Trust Score measures the public evidence pattern, while AI Presence separately tests findability and what models already say. Stronger evidence can make claims clearer and easier to support, but each answer engine decides what it retrieves and cites.