Figure 8-1
AI Visibility Positioning Map: Where Visibility Sits in the Full Journey
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Read from top to bottom: the ten steps, industry topics, industry metrics, IDAEO Journey Diagnostics, and Service Tiers; each column is the same step.
Journey Steps See Figure 2-1 S1 Prepare S2 Crawl S3 Train S4 Index S5 Ask AI S6 AI Mention S7 AI Answer S8 Act S9 Visit S10 Return Who is talking The fundamentals of AI Visibility: S1–S4 AI has to read you first before you show up in its answers What outsiders call “AI Visibility” Whether you are in AI answers Downstream: act, visit, return The outside still rarely measures this Outside metrics Vendor tools Covered by IDAEO Journey Diagnostics Question coverage phrasings that surface you Mention % mentioned how often, vs. peers Citation % whether it links to you, gets it right or wrong Covered by IDAEO Journey Diagnostics IDAEO Diagnostics See Figure 2-1 Is the datacomplete? Can theyget in? Can itbe used? Is itindexed? Came toread? Were younamed? Did it getit right? Can it getit done? Did theyshow up? Did theyreturn? IDAEO Service Tiers Links to Figure 5-1 AEO Exposure AEO+ Word of Mouth IDA Brand PR S1–S4 is the base: without it, AI can hardly read you AI has to read you first before you appear in its answers; visibility is the result of S5–S7, and the foundation is S1–S4. ID EO Original framework © 2026
How to read Read from top to bottom: the ten steps, industry topics, industry metrics, IDAEO Journey Diagnostics, and Service Tiers; each column is the same step.
AI Visibility tools mainly measure S5–S7, observing how the brand appears in answers. S1–S4 are the foundation; without them, AI has a harder time reading what you say about your business. Information readiness and AI Information Acquisition are the basis for being mentioned. IDAEO links the upstream preparation with S8–S10 (acting for the customer, conversion, and return) into one full journey.