Proof & authorship record
The CITE Framework: My 4-Step System for Getting Brands Quoted by ChatGPT
After 18 months of AEO client work, I distilled what works into a 4-step framework: Clarify, Index, Trust, Echo. Here's the full playbook with examples.
- My role
- Author and originator of the framework
- Period
- Published 2026-04-20
- Last verified
- 2026-08-01
What I personally did
- Designed the research question and the sampling method.
- Collected and graded the data personally — no outsourced or scraped third-party dataset.
- Wrote every word of the published piece and maintain it after publication.
How the numbers were measured
- The framework generalises the patterns found in the 100-cited-pages audit into a repeatable four-step workflow.
- Each step maps to a measurable check, so the framework can be audited rather than believed.
Evidence you can check
Underlying data study
CITE is derived from the 100-page citation audit, not from opinion.
Verification: Compare the framework steps against the audit's findings.
Open sourceApplied on this site
This site's answer hub, schema stack, and llms.txt are the framework in production.
Verification: View source on any page and inspect the JSON-LD.
Open source
What this record does not prove
A named framework is a synthesis, not a controlled experiment. Outcomes depend on execution and competition.
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