Guaranteed editorial & sponsored placements in the exact media outlets AI trusts and cites.
"We ranked #1 on Google for every keyword that mattered. ChatGPT didn't mention us once."
That's what a founder told me in 2024. They'd spent years and millions building Google authority. Their buyers started asking ChatGPT — and AI recommended their competitor three times in a row.
AI doesn't read your website. It cites the media it was trained on. Forbes. BBC. Economic Times. The outlets AI treats as editorial ground truth.
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🎯 Get My Free Scorecard — 60 SecondsAI answer engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude — do not read your website the way Google does. They generate answers by synthesising information from their training data and, increasingly, from real-time crawls of the web. The sources they weight most heavily are the same sources journalists and researchers have always trusted: high-authority editorial media.
When a buyer types "best CRM for startups" or "top fintech companies in India" into an AI assistant, the AI assembles an answer from editorial sources — Forbes, Economic Times, TechCrunch, BBC, industry publications. Brands that appear in those sources, in articles specifically about their category, are cited. Brands that exist only on their own website are invisible.
This is why DA and editorial format matter more than volume. A single article in a DA 80 publication that clearly positions your brand for a specific buying keyword outperforms ten articles in DA 15 blogs. Our catalogue filters for exactly these signals — use the AI Visibility filter to see outlets optimised for citation weight.
Both formats appear in AI citation data. The difference is speed, control and citation weight.
Most effective AI visibility strategies combine both formats: 2–3 editorial placements in DA 70+ outlets as authority anchors, supplemented by 5–10 sponsored placements for breadth and frequency.
A sample of the editorial and sponsored outlets available. Browse all 12,281 above.
| Publication | Country | Category | DA | Format | Links | From (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| newsweek.com | USA | General News | 91 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $1,705 |
| nordic.ign.com | Sweden | Gaming | 88 | Sponsored | Dofollow | $1,705 |
| cnet.com | USA | Technology | 89 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $80,072 |
| news.ycombinator.com | USA | Technology | 90 | Editorial | Nofollow | $67 |
| wwd.com | USA | Fashion | 74 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $4,455 |
| vogue.in | India | Fashion & Beauty | 51 | Editorial | Nofollow | $15,343 |
| broadwayworld.com | USA | Arts | 73 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $605 |
| scotsman.com | UK | Local News | 80 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $1,191 |
| dnaindia.com | India | News | 87 | Editorial | Dofollow | $498 |
| wionews.com | India | News | 77 | Editorial | Dofollow | $635 |
| ptinews.com | India | News | 65 | Editorial | Dofollow | $2,118 |
| businessworld.in | India | Business | 75 | Editorial | Dofollow | $318 |
| timesnownews.com | India | News | 82 | Editorial | Dofollow | $392 |
| news9live.com | India | News | 55 | Editorial | Dofollow | $402 |
| indiatoday.in | India | News | — | Sponsored | Nofollow | $436 |
| entrepreneur.com (India) | India | Business | — | Sponsored | Nofollow | $1,805 |
| thehindu.com | India | News | — | Sponsored | Nofollow | $359 |
| businesstoday.in | India | Business | — | Sponsored | Nofollow | $589 |
| analyticsinsight.net | India | Technology | — | Sponsored | Dofollow | $245 |
| beincrypto.com | USA | Cryptocurrency | 80 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $6,630 |
| glasgowlive.co.uk | UK | Local News | 72 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $2,381 |
| canberratimes.com.au | Australia | General News | 80 | Sponsored | Dofollow | $3,126 |
| hrzone.com | UK | Human Resources | 74 | Sponsored | Dofollow | $2,381 |
| healthcaredive.com | USA | Health & Medicine | 33 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $10,441 |
| rugbyworld.com | South Africa | Sports | 37 | Sponsored | Dofollow | $7,481 |
| voguescandinavia.com | Sweden | Fashion & Beauty | 72 | Editorial | Dofollow | $17,198 |
| invezz.com | UK | E-commerce / Financial | 74 | Editorial | Dofollow | $2,858 |
| journalism.co.uk | UK | Human Resources | 75 | Sponsored | Dofollow | $4,287 |
| gamesradar.com | USA | Gaming | 55 | Sponsored | Nofollow | $16,363 |
| livemint.com | India | Business / Finance | — | Sponsored | Nofollow | $479 |
Showing 30 of 12,281 publications. Use the filters above to browse the full catalogue by country, category, DA, format and price.
An editorial placement is a confirmed, guaranteed article in a specific publication written by or in collaboration with the outlet's editorial team. Unlike sponsored content, it carries no ad label — it reads as genuine journalism. These placements are crawled and indexed by AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI, which treat editorial coverage from trusted media as authoritative source material. When a buyer types a buying-intent query into an AI assistant, the AI pulls from high-authority editorial media — and brands with coverage in those outlets are cited as recommended answers.
Most clients see measurable AI citation uplift within 30–60 days of their first bundle of placements. The timeline depends on the DA of the publication (higher DA outlets get crawled more frequently), the number of placements across different domains, and the specificity of the keywords in the article. A single placement in a DA 80+ publication targeting a niche buying keyword can produce citations within two weeks. A broader strategy across 5–10 placements typically produces compounding results by month 3, as more AI training cycles and crawl refreshes incorporate your editorial coverage into their knowledge base.
Editorial placements are written by or in close collaboration with the outlet's own journalists or editors. They carry no sponsored label, read as genuine news or feature stories, and carry the highest AI citation weight because AI systems treat unlabelled editorial coverage as organic authority signals. Sponsored or native placements are brand-controlled content published under a native advertising or sponsored content label. They are faster to execute — often delivered in 24–48 hours — and ideal for achieving rapid coverage across multiple outlets simultaneously. For AI visibility goals, editorial placements in DA 65+ outlets produce stronger citation results; for volume and speed, sponsored placements across multiple mid-tier outlets can be equally effective when deployed as a bundle.
Placements in our catalogue start from $9 for niche regional outlets and go up to $161,044 for premium global publications like CNET, Daily Mail or Healthline. Most India-specific editorial and sponsored placements are available in the ₹15,000–₹2,50,000 range ($180–$3,000). Mid-tier global placements with DA 50–70 typically range from $500–$5,000. Premium Tier 1 global outlets — publications that AI models heavily weight — generally range from $1,500–$10,000. The right budget depends on your category, target geography and the DA threshold needed to influence AI citation in your niche. We recommend starting with a small test bundle before committing to a full campaign.
Placements in our AI-trusted outlet network are designed to be cited by ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude, Microsoft Copilot and other generative AI platforms when buyers ask buying-intent queries in your category. Each AI platform has slightly different crawling and training patterns: Google AI Overviews prioritise recent, crawlable editorial coverage from high-DA domains; ChatGPT and Perplexity weight editorial credibility, citation frequency across multiple sources, and topical authority. The most effective strategy targets placements across several AI-trusted outlets in the same category cluster, creating a pattern of consistent editorial coverage that multiple AI systems recognise as authoritative consensus rather than isolated content.
A $9 placement alone will not make ChatGPT recommend your brand — but it is a legitimate entry point for testing the process and building coverage breadth. Low-cost placements in niche regional outlets are best used for volume: they add citation diversity, signal that your brand is covered across many geographies, and can contribute to the broader pattern AI systems use to assess credibility. For AI citation in competitive categories, we recommend anchoring your strategy with at least 2–3 placements in DA 60+ publications, then supplementing with volume placements. Most clients who see strong AI citation results combine 1–2 premium placements with 5–10 mid-tier and niche placements within the same 60-day window.
There is no fixed number, but based on observed client results, a minimum of 3–5 placements in DA 60+ publications targeting the same category keywords tends to produce first citations within 4–8 weeks. More competitive categories — fintech, health, SaaS — typically require 8–15 placements across diverse outlets to establish the pattern of editorial consensus that AI systems recognise. The key variables are: domain authority of the publications, topical alignment of the article content with your target queries, and consistency of brand mention and positioning across articles. Spreading placements across different countries and outlet types also accelerates citation because it signals broad editorial recognition rather than a single sponsored mention.
Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) is the practice of optimising a brand's presence in the outputs of AI answer engines — ChatGPT, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, Claude and others — rather than traditional search engine results pages. While SEO focuses on ranking on Google's blue-link results, GEO focuses on being the recommended answer when AI synthesises information in response to a query. The core mechanism is editorial authority: AI systems are trained on and continue to crawl high-quality editorial media. Brands that appear repeatedly across trusted publications in their category are more likely to be cited as recommended answers. Media placements are the primary execution lever for GEO — they create the editorial footprint that AI systems draw on.
AI Visibility refers to how prominently and favourably a brand is represented in the answers generated by AI platforms like ChatGPT, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. It differs from SEO in a fundamental way: SEO optimises for ranking on a list of links, while AI Visibility optimises for being named or recommended in a synthesised answer. A brand can rank #1 on Google and still be invisible to AI if it lacks editorial coverage in the publications that AI models treat as authoritative sources. The brands winning AI recommendations are not necessarily the biggest — they are the ones with the most consistent editorial presence in AI-trusted media. This is often referred to as GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) or AEO (Answer Engine Optimization).
Yes — editorial and sponsored placements in high-DA publications serve a dual purpose. For traditional SEO, dofollow backlinks from DA 50+ publications directly improve your domain authority and keyword rankings. For AI visibility, the editorial content itself — your brand name, category keywords and positioning language appearing in trusted media — becomes part of the source material that AI systems reference when generating answers. This dual benefit means that a well-chosen placement in a DA 70+ publication with a dofollow backlink simultaneously strengthens your Google rankings and increases your probability of AI citation. This is why our catalogue filters for both DA range and link type, and why the AI Visibility filter selects for DA 70+, dofollow, editorial format by default.
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