Surva.ai – AI SEO, GEO and AI Search Visibility

Description

Buyers now ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews what to buy. Surva.ai shows what those AI answers say about your business, finds the questions where competitors get recommended instead of you, and helps you publish the pages that change it, without leaving WordPress.

Surva.ai is an AI SEO plugin. It focuses on what AI assistants say about your business, and it can be used together with the SEO plugin you already have.

What is AI SEO?

AI SEO is the practice of getting your business mentioned, recommended and cited in answers from AI assistants such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews. It is also called GEO (generative engine optimization) or AEO (answer engine optimization).

Traditional SEO measures where your pages rank for keywords. AI SEO measures whether AI answers name your brand and link to your pages for the questions your buyers ask. The work overlaps with SEO but adds new steps:

  • Let AI crawlers such as OAI-SearchBot, PerplexityBot and Claude-SearchBot read your site
  • Publish clear, answer-first pages for the questions buyers ask AI
  • Use structured data so AI engines understand who you are
  • Earn mentions on the review sites, roundups and comparison pages AI already cites
  • Track your AI visibility over time, the way you track rankings

Surva.ai covers each step: the free readiness check and crawler log handle the technical side, and a Surva.ai account adds AI visibility tracking, competitor gaps and AI-optimized content.

Free, no account needed

  • AI crawler log – see when GPTBot, OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and 15 other AI crawlers read your pages, which pages they read, and whether they got an error.
  • AI readiness check – find out whether robots.txt blocks AI search crawlers, whether the “Discourage search engines” setting is on, and whether you have an XML sitemap, Organization schema, a meta description, HTTPS and recently updated content.
  • llms.txt generator – publish an llms.txt file built from your pages and posts with one click, if you do not have one already.
  • AI SEO audit and editor panel – score every post and page the way AI reads them, with one-click fixes for missing meta descriptions and excerpts, and an AI search score in the post editor.

With a Surva.ai account

  • AI Visibility dashboard – visibility score, share of voice, citation share and visibility gaps, the same numbers as your Surva.ai dashboard, with a breakdown by AI engine and your top recommended actions.
  • Opportunities – the prompts where AI recommends competitors and not you, ranked by impact. Dismissals sync with Surva.ai.
  • Article ideas and Content Queue – turn gaps into articles built around the sources AI already cites. Review each article, then publish it as a draft or a live post.
  • Content autopilot – approve a plan once and Surva.ai writes articles on your schedule and publishes them to WordPress (Growth and Business plans).
  • FAQ ideas in the editor – questions buyers ask AI about your topic, ready to answer on the page.
  • AI referral tracking – optional. Count visitors who arrive from ChatGPT, Perplexity and other AI answers.

Surva.ai tracks the questions your buyers ask on all five engines and stores every answer, so you can see exactly which brands and pages AI recommends, and why.

Pricing

Everything that runs inside WordPress is free and works without an account: the AI crawler log, readiness check, llms.txt generator, AI SEO audit and editor panel. The plugin never limits these features.

The connected features need a Surva.ai account. Every self-serve plan starts with a 7-day free trial, no credit card required. Plans start at $49 a month. Prefer to have it done for you? The Surva.ai team can run your AI visibility for you. See pricing.

Who it is for

  • Business owners who want to know if AI recommends them
  • Marketing and SEO teams adding AI search to their reporting
  • Agencies managing many WordPress sites (Agency Mode with white-label reports on the Business plan)

External services

This plugin connects to Surva.ai, an AI search visibility service operated by Social Intents, LLC, when you choose to connect an account or turn on optional features. The free AI crawler log, AI readiness check and llms.txt generator do not contact Surva.ai.

Surva.ai API (www.surva.ai) – used only after you click Connect or Start free trial.

  • During connection, your browser is sent to surva.ai to sign in and approve access. The plugin then sends your site URL, site name, WordPress version and plugin version to register the site.
  • While connected, the plugin requests your AI visibility data, opportunities, article ideas, content queue and plan details, in the background and when you open Surva.ai screens.
  • When you run a page analysis, the plugin sends the page URL. When an article is published, it sends the article ID, the published URL and the WordPress post ID. When you save autopilot settings, it sends those settings.
  • When you disconnect, the plugin asks Surva.ai to end the connection.

Surva.ai referral tracking script (surva.ai/t/) – optional, off by default. When you turn on “AI referral tracking script” in Surva.ai > Settings while connected, a script from surva.ai is loaded on your public pages. It reports the page viewed and the referring AI source to Surva.ai so visits from AI answers can be counted.

Website icons (Google favicon service, gstatic.com) – on the connected AI Visibility screen, the small icons next to brands, competitors and cited sites are loaded by your browser from the image addresses Surva.ai provides, which use Google’s favicon service. Each request sends the domain name of that brand or site to Google. No data about your visitors is sent. Google Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Surva.ai Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

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Installation

  1. In WordPress, go to Plugins > Add New and search for “Surva.ai”, or upload the plugin zip from Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin.
  2. Activate the plugin. You will land on the Surva.ai welcome screen.
  3. Open Surva.ai > AI Crawlers to run the free AI readiness check and start the crawler log.
  4. To see what AI answers say about you, click “Start free trial” or “Connect existing account” and approve the connection on surva.ai.
  5. Your AI Visibility dashboard fills in within a few minutes.

FAQ

Do I need a Surva.ai account?

No for the AI crawler log, the AI readiness check, llms.txt and the AI SEO audit. Yes for AI visibility tracking, opportunities and content features, which run on the Surva.ai service. A 7-day free trial is available with no credit card.

What is the difference between AI SEO and SEO?

SEO helps your pages rank in Google’s list of links. AI SEO helps your business get named and cited inside AI answers, where there is often no list of links to click. Many of the same basics help both, such as crawlable pages, clear content and structured data, but AI SEO is measured by mentions and citations in AI answers instead of rankings.

Is this an AI SEO tool or an AI writing tool?

Both, in that order. Surva.ai first measures your AI visibility and finds the prompts where competitors are recommended instead of you. The AI writer then turns each gap into an article built around the sources AI engines already cite, which you review before publishing.

Can I use it with my existing SEO plugin?

Yes. Keep your SEO plugin for titles, meta descriptions and Google rankings. Surva.ai adds the AI layer: what ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews say about your business, and whether AI crawlers can read your site.

Which AI engines does Surva.ai track?

ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.

What is GEO or AEO?

Generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) are other names for AI SEO: the practice of improving how AI assistants describe and recommend your business. In practice that means earning mentions on the pages AI cites, publishing clear answer-first content, using structured data and making sure AI crawlers can read your site.

What does the AI crawler log store?

Only the crawler name, the page path, the HTTP status, the date and a visit count. It does not store IP addresses or anything about human visitors, and it does not send data anywhere. Records older than 90 days are deleted automatically. You can turn it off or clear it at any time.

Why does the crawler log show no visits?

AI crawlers visit on their own schedule, usually within a few days of installing the plugin. Check back after a few days.

Should I block GPTBot or other training crawlers?

That is your choice. Blocking training crawlers such as GPTBot or Google-Extended does not stop AI search engines from citing you. Blocking search crawlers such as OAI-SearchBot, ChatGPT-User or PerplexityBot does, and the readiness check flags it.

Does the plugin slow down my site?

No. Surva.ai data updates in the background, and the crawler log only records visits from AI crawlers. The optional referral tracking script loads only if you turn it on.

What happens when my trial ends?

Everything that runs inside WordPress keeps working. The Surva.ai service shows an upgrade prompt for its data, and nothing is deleted.

How is my account connected?

You sign in and approve the connection on surva.ai. Your Surva.ai password is never entered into or stored in WordPress, and you can disconnect at any time from Surva.ai > Settings.

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Contributors & Developers

“Surva.ai – AI SEO, GEO and AI Search Visibility” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

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Changelog

1.1.2

  • First release on WordPress.org
  • Opportunities show the date of the latest data behind each gap, and a clearer you vs competitor view
  • Faster admin screens
  • Fewer notices: the setup reminder appears only on the Plugins screen

1.1.1

  • The AI SEO audit, SEO Optimizer and editor panel work without an account
  • Automatic publishing to WordPress works on every plan

1.1.0

  • New: free AI crawler log, no account needed
  • New: free AI readiness check for robots.txt, search visibility, llms.txt, sitemap, schema, meta description, HTTPS and content freshness
  • New: optional llms.txt generator
  • New: AI Visibility dashboard with citation share, change since last period, visibility by AI engine and top recommended actions
  • New: redesigned welcome, connect and settings screens
  • Changed: the AI referral tracking script is off by default. Turn it on in Surva.ai > Settings
  • Fixed: dismissing an article in the Content Queue
  • Fixed: turning off auto-publish or auto-generation did not save

1.0.1

  • Dismissed opportunities stay dismissed across devices
  • Visibility data is shown for the connected brand on multi-brand accounts

1.0.0

  • Initial release