# The Blue Ocean Brand Mentions > The Blue Ocean Brand Mentions, part of Odys Blue Ocean (a business unit of Odys Global, Tallinn, Estonia), gets brands mentioned, in context, across a large private network of real, indexed publications, so AI engines such as ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Copilot and Google AI Overviews can find, read about and cite them. First mentions go live within 30 minutes of kickoff; every live URL is reported and AI visibility is measured before and after. It is step 1 (get known); The Blue Ocean GPT (theblueoceangpt.com) is step 2 (get recommended). This library explains how AI engines learn about brands, why a brand can be invisible to them, and how to fix it within the rules. Homepage and free AI visibility check: https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/#apply Full text of every page: https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/llms-full.txt ## Pillar guides - [A Brand Mention Strategy for AI Search: Where, How Often and in What Context](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/brand-mention-strategy/): A brand mention strategy for AI search covering which sources to target, the context around your name, facts, markets and pacing. Plus what to avoid. - [How to Get Your Brand Mentioned by AI: A Step-by-Step Plan](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/get-mentioned-by-ai/): How to get your brand mentioned by AI engines like ChatGPT and Gemini, in eight steps from first measurement to recommendations, and why the order matters. - [How ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity Decide Which Brands to Mention](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/how-ai-chooses-brands/): How do ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity choose which brands to mention? Training data, live search, crawlers and why answers vary. Plain English. - [How to Measure Your Brand's AI Visibility](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/measure-ai-visibility/): How to measure your brand's AI visibility when answers change every run. Build a prompt set, score mention rate and share of voice, and track AI traffic. - [What Are Brand Mentions, and Why AI Search Runs on Them](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/what-are-brand-mentions/): What are brand mentions, linked and unlinked, and why do ChatGPT and Google AI lean on them? The data, the limits, and what a good mention looks like. - [Why AI Doesn't Mention Your Brand, and How to Fix Zero Visibility](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/zero-ai-visibility/): Why doesn't AI mention your brand? Six common causes of zero AI visibility, how to check each one, and the order to fix them in, with honest limits. ## Guides - [When AI Gets Your Brand Wrong: Fixing Outdated or Incorrect Answers](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/ai-gets-brand-wrong/): When AI gets your brand wrong, the cause is usually stale training data, bad sources or a mixed-up entity. How to diagnose each one and fix the answers. - [Does AI Visibility Bring Real Traffic and Sales?](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/ai-search-traffic/): Does AI visibility bring real traffic and sales? What referral, conversion and zero-click data show, how to track AI visits, and why being named counts. - [Make Your Brand a Known Entity: Knowledge Graph, Wikidata and Schema](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/brand-entity/): Make your brand a known entity with Organization schema, sameAs, Wikidata and consistent facts. What Google documents, what rules allow, where to start. - [10 Red Flags When Buying Brand Mentions](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/brand-mention-red-flags/): Ten red flags when buying brand mentions, from unindexed sites and missing live URLs to guaranteed ChatGPT rankings and fake reviews, and what to ask. - [Gemini, Claude and Copilot: How Each One Finds Brands](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/gemini-claude-copilot/): How Gemini, Claude and Copilot find brands, from training cutoffs to web search and crawler controls. What each vendor documents, and what stays unknown. - [How Brands Get Named in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/google-ai-overviews-brands/): How brands get named in Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, from Google's own guidance and the studies on who gets cited. What helps, what doesn't, and why. - [Context Beats Volume: How the Words Around Your Name Shape AI Answers](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/mention-context/): Brand mention context, the category, use case and place around your name, shapes whether AI names you. How it works, with examples, and how to fix it. - [From Mentioned to Recommended: What Comes After Brand Mentions](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/mentions-to-recommendations/): Being mentioned by AI and being recommended are different goals. How mention rate and position differ, and how to tell you are ready for step two. - [How a New Brand Gets Into AI Answers](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/new-brand-ai-visibility/): A new brand gets into AI answers through live search, not training data. How cutoffs work, what to set up first and how to build early mentions. - [Paid Brand Mentions: Disclosure Rules and Google's Link Policies](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/paid-mentions-rules/): Paid brand mentions are generally lawful when clearly disclosed and any link is marked sponsored. FTC, UK and EU rules and Google's policies, explained. - [How Perplexity Picks Its Sources and Which Brands It Cites](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/perplexity-sources/): How Perplexity picks its sources, what PerplexityBot does, and why Reddit dominates its citations. What it means for brands that want to be cited by it. - [Reddit, Wikipedia, Reviews and News: The Sources AI Cites Most](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/sources-ai-cites-most/): The sources AI cites most are Reddit, Wikipedia, YouTube, reviews and news sites. What the citation studies show and what brands can ethically do on each. - [Unlinked Brand Mentions: Do They Count for SEO and AI?](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/unlinked-brand-mentions/): Unlinked brand mentions explained. What Google has said about mentions without links, what the Ahrefs data shows, and why AI engines read names, not links. - [Where ChatGPT Gets Its Information About Brands](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/guides/where-chatgpt-gets-information/): Where ChatGPT gets information about brands, from training data to live search and OpenAI's three crawlers. What is documented, what is not, what to do. ## Comparisons - [Brand Mentions vs Backlinks for AI Visibility](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/compare/brand-mentions-vs-backlinks/): Brand mentions vs backlinks for AI visibility: what the data shows, where links still win for Google, and how one placement can do both jobs by the rules. - [Brand Mentions vs Reddit and Community Marketing](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/compare/brand-mentions-vs-community-marketing/): Brand mentions vs Reddit and community marketing for AI. Why communities matter to ChatGPT and Perplexity, where they win, and the line not to cross. - [Brand Mentions vs Publishing More Content on Your Own Site](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/compare/brand-mentions-vs-content-marketing/): Brand mentions vs more content on your own site for AI visibility. What your site does that nothing else can, where it stops, and how to split the effort. - [Brand Mentions vs Digital PR](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/compare/brand-mentions-vs-digital-pr/): Brand mentions vs digital PR for AI visibility. When earned press beats placed mentions, when it does not, and how to run both without wasting pitches. - [Brand Mentions vs Guest Posts](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/compare/brand-mentions-vs-guest-posts/): Brand mentions vs guest posts for AI visibility. Who writes, who gets named, what Google says about guest post links, and when a byline is the better bet. - [Brand Mentions vs Press Release Distribution](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/compare/brand-mentions-vs-press-releases/): Brand mentions vs press release distribution for AI answers. What a wire really gets you, why copies add little context, and when a release is still right. - [GEO, AEO and SEO: What Is Different and What Is Not](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/compare/geo-vs-seo/): GEO vs AEO vs SEO explained without hype: what Google says about AI search, what changes in measurement and off-site work, and where budgets should go. ## Brand situations - [Your Agency or B2B Firm Is Invisible in AI Answers](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/b2b-services/): Your agency or B2B firm is invisible when buyers ask ChatGPT for a shortlist. See what AI reads about service firms, the risks and what to do this month. - [A Competitor Owns the AI Answers in Your Category](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/competitor-dominates-ai/): A competitor owns the AI answers in your category and ChatGPT names them every time? Learn how to measure the gap, where to compete and what to do now. - [Your E-commerce Brand Is Missing From AI Shopping Answers](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/ecommerce-brand/): Your e-commerce brand is missing from AI shopping answers in ChatGPT and Google. See which sources AI reads for products, the risks and what to do now. - [Your Local Business Doesn't Come Up When People Ask AI](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/local-business/): Your local business doesn't come up when people ask ChatGPT or Google AI for recommendations. See what AI reads for local answers and what to fix first. - [You Are Launching a New Brand and AI Has Never Heard of It](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/new-brand-launch/): Launching a new brand that ChatGPT and Gemini have never heard of? See what AI says today, what the engines look for and what to do in your first month. - [You Are Entering a New Country or Language](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/new-market/): Entering a new country or language and AI doesn't know your brand there? See how AI answers differ by market, the local risks and what to do this month. - [Your Personal Brand Doesn't Show Up in AI Answers](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/personal-brand/): Your personal brand doesn't show up when people ask ChatGPT or Gemini about your field. See how AI identifies people, the risks and what to do this month. - [You Rebranded and AI Still Uses the Old Name](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/rebrand/): You rebranded, but ChatGPT and Gemini still use your old name or treat you as two companies. See why it happens, the risks and what to fix this month. - [Your SaaS Is Left Out When AI Lists the Best Tools](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/situations/saas-brand/): Your SaaS is left out when ChatGPT and Gemini list the best tools in your category. Learn which comparison sources AI reads and what to fix this month. ## Reference - [About The Blue Ocean Brand Mentions](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/about/): About The Blue Ocean Brand Mentions, the Odys Blue Ocean service that gets brands known to AI engines. Who we are, how we work and how to reach us. - [The Blue Ocean family](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/blue-ocean-family/): Every Odys Blue Ocean service in one place, from Google Autocomplete and ChatGPT to The Blue Ocean Brand Mentions. What each one does and where to find it. - [Brand Mentions and AI Visibility Glossary](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/glossary/): A brand mentions and AI visibility glossary in plain English. Citation, mention rate, entity, GPTBot, AI Overviews and 36 more terms, each with a guide. - [How We Place and Measure Brand Mentions](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/methodology/): How we place and measure brand mentions for AI visibility, from the free check and approved facts to live URLs, indexing and re-checks. See every step. - [Free AI Visibility Self-Check](https://the-blue-ocean-brand-mentions.pages.dev/tools/ai-visibility-check/): Free AI visibility self-check. Get 5 to 9 buyer prompts for ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google AI, score each answer and see your mention rate.