Track Brand Visibility on Perplexity and Chatgpt with Browseract and Openrouter

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Credentials you'll need

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• browserActApi
• openRouterApi
• slackApi

About this workflow

This workflow acts as a "Generative Engine Optimization" (GEO) tracker. It automatically monitors how your brand is being recommended on AI-powered search engines by simulating real user queries on Perplexity and ChatGPT, analyzing the responses for visibility and sentiment, and…

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