Known & Cited runs its own methodology against its own brand, on the same engines, the same sampling design and the same scoring as any client report. This page documents how that works and what it has already changed, and it is the long-form companion to the K&C entry on our Showcase.
Because every prospect should get to ask: if the measurement is so useful, why aren't you using it? We are. A consultancy that measures AI visibility for a living and won't look at its own number isn't a consultancy you should trust with yours. We practise what we preach.
The same build as a client engagement: our standard engine set measured at the consumer tier, a question set designed against the AMEC GEO Principles from real buyer personas for a GEO consultancy, sampled over a seven-day window, scored on the AI See five-band scale. No shortcuts and no thumb on the scale; the run is only useful if it can hurt.
The GEO consultancy category is young and the engines know it. Answers lean on a handful of industry publications and directories, recommendations vary sharply between engines, and small, well-cited players can out-score bigger names. In other words: the category behaves exactly like the ones we measure for clients, which is the point.
The first run reshaped this site. Answer-first pages, because engines lift openings. A heavier FAQ, because question-formatted content gets cited. Published methodology and named-author pages, because the engines reward verifiable expertise. The restructure you're reading now is downstream of our own measurement.
From the end of July 2026, the K&C score and headline findings appear on the Showcase, on the K&C real-data card. The full report stays internal; the number goes public. One surface, honestly stated.
Written by Russ Read-Barrow, founder of Known & Cited. Bath, July 2026.