AI keyword research: what people search, and where you can win
Keyword research in Citeon AI reads what you sell from your own site, finds the searches people type for it in your market, groups them into topics, and tells you for each one whether to improve a page you have, write a new one, or skip it, with the reason. Each topic carries its search demand, its difficulty, an estimate of demand in AI search, and your Google position.
- A keyword plan from your own site in three short steps, all filled in for you.
- Each topic says improve a page, write one, or skip, and names the page.
- 2,000 keywords a month on Visibility, 20,000 on Optimize, 100,000 on Enterprise.
What it does
Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode build their answers from pages in Google's index, so the searches people type still decide which pages AI reads. Keyword research tells you which of those searches you can win, and with which page of your site.
It works from what you actually sell, read from your site, instead of a list you have to invent, and it ends in a decision per topic rather than a spreadsheet to sort.
Find my keywords, in three steps
You do not start from an empty page. Citeon AI prepares a research by itself on your first visit and again every 30 days, with the same defaults the three steps fill in. New research runs the steps with your own choices, and Search any keyword checks the keywords you type.
| Step | What Citeon AI fills in | What you do |
|---|---|---|
| 1. What you sell | Up to 12 phrases read from your site's menu, collections and headings | Untick what is wrong, add what is missing |
| 2. Who you compete with | The rivals on your Competitors page, the ones AI names most first | Pick up to three, or none |
| 3. Where you sell | Your market's country and language | Run the research |
Each phrase in step 1 shows the label of your site it came from. Searches naming a brand, yours or a rival's, are left out and counted.
Citeon's own plan
- ✓ai visibility tool
- ✓generative engine optimization services
- ✓ai visibility checker
- ✓ai overviews tracker
- ✓citation tracking
- ✓share of voice tracking
- ✓chatgpt seo
- ✓ai visibility audit
- ✓content creation for ai search
- ✓llms.txt generator
- website integrations
- ai referral traffic analytics
- ai visibility toolImprove a page
/product/ai-visibility already covers “ai visibility tool”. Make it the best answer for it. The same page answers “llm visibility tool”, “ai visibility tracking tool”, “what's the best ai optimization tool for visibility” and “ai visibility tool free”.
- ai overviews trackerImprove a page
/product/ai-overviews-tracker already covers “ai overviews tracker”. Make it the best answer for it.
- ai visibility auditWrite a product, category or service page
Write a product, category or service page: it matches what you sell: ai visibility audit, and 1 of the 10 sites ranking now is no stronger than yours.
What each topic tells you
| Figure | What it means |
|---|---|
| Searches a month | How many people search the topic's keywords in your market, from the keyword data provider |
| Fit, 0 to 3 | How well the topic matches what you sell, on the business potential scale Ahrefs publishes in its keyword research guide |
| Within reach | How many of the ten sites ranking now have no more link strength than yours: a warning, not a reason to skip |
| Difficulty | A score from 1 to 100 from the links of the pages ranking now, in the six words Semrush publishes, from very easy to very hard; where the supplier has no score, it says not measured, never very easy |
| Your Google | Your average position over the last 28 full days in your market, from Search Console; without it, the page says there is no data |
| AI demand | An estimate of demand in AI search, modelled from Google's People Also Ask questions, labelled as modelled; not a count of prompts |
Topics are ordered by fit, then by demand. The research opens in views: Plan, All keywords, Close to page one (your Google position 4 to 20, with Search Console), Easy (a difficulty under 30) and Questions, and a view with nothing in it is hidden. Every keyword has its intent and trend, with filters and a CSV export.
From a keyword to an AI answer
Any keyword in the plan can be tracked in AI answers in one click: it becomes one of your tracked questions, and the scans show whether the engines on your plan name you for it. On Optimize and Enterprise a topic also goes to your content plan in one click, where the content autopilot drafts the page for your approval.
Plans
| Plan | Keyword research |
|---|---|
| Visibility, 59 euro a month | 2,000 keywords a month, the wizard and the full table |
| Optimize, 199 euro a month | 20,000 keywords a month, and a topic goes to your content plan in one click |
| Enterprise | 100,000 keywords a month |
A search is counted in keywords; reopening a past search is free; a read that fails counts nothing.
Prices and the rest of each plan: pricing.
Questions people ask
What is AI keyword research?
Keyword research that also asks where AI search is heading: Citeon AI finds the searches people type for what you sell, groups them into topics, and shows each topic's demand, difficulty, an estimate of demand in AI search, and the page on your site that should win it.
Where does the data come from?
Search demand, difficulty and the sites ranking now come from a keyword data provider; your own Google position comes from your Search Console, for your market's country, when you have connected it. AI demand is an estimate modelled from Google's People Also Ask questions, labelled as such, not a count of prompts.
Why are brand searches left out?
Someone searching a brand name wants that brand. The wizard leaves out searches naming your brand or a rival's, and says how many it left out.
Do I need Search Console?
No, but it makes the plan sharper. Without it the column says there is no data rather than showing a position, and the wizard cannot tell you which searches you already rank fourth to twentieth for.
How many keywords can I research?
Visibility includes 2,000 keywords a month, Optimize 20,000 and Enterprise 100,000. A search is counted in keywords; reopening a past search is free, and a read that fails counts nothing.
Can Citeon write the content for a topic?
On Optimize and Enterprise a topic goes to your content plan in one click, and the content autopilot drafts it for your approval.
Sources
- Citeon AI, keyword research as deployed. allowances, the wizard's three steps, fit, within reach, the null rules, as deployed on 12 October 2026
- Ahrefs, keyword research guide. the business potential scale, 0 to 3, that Citeon AI's fit follows
- Google, Optimizing your website for generative AI features on Google Search. AI Overviews and AI Mode retrieve from the Search index: the searches people type still decide what AI reads