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What we publish
The VerityNodes AI Visibility Index measures which suppliers AI systems name in a category, on a stated date, and publishes the result. Not a survey of opinion. A record of what six systems actually returned.
- Six AI systems
- Logged-out sessions
- One date per edition
- Full question set published
Why we publish it
Our Prove step tells clients that asking to be cited is a favour, and that publishing the only real numbers in a category is an invitation. It would be difficult to say that and not do it.
There is also a simpler reason. Nobody else is measuring this in industrial equipment, so the numbers do not exist until someone produces them.
How an edition is made
- Ten to twenty buyer questions in one category, written in the buyer’s own words
- Asked across ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Google AI Mode, Gemini, Perplexity and Claude
- Logged-out sessions, identical wording, one date
- Every company named is recorded, whether or not it is a client
- The sources cited in each answer recorded alongside
What an edition looks like
Every edition leads with its finding, carries its date and conditions in full, and states how to cite it. The fields below are the shape. They fill when the first edition is measured.
Title of the edition
Cite as — VerityNodes AI Visibility Index, [Category], Edition [number], [date]. Full question set published with the edition.
The finding is stated in words and figures, never as a picture of one. An image of a result cannot be quoted, linked or checked, which defeats the purpose of publishing it.
What an edition is not
A point-in-time sample, not a statistical survey. It says what six systems returned on one date to one set of questions. It does not say what they would return tomorrow, or what any company’s market position is.
AI systems are probabilistic and change continuously. That is the reason for re-running an edition rather than a caveat about the method.
We publish the full question set with every edition, so anyone can repeat it and check.
In development
Editions of the VerityNodes AI Visibility Index are numbered and dated, and each covers one category.
- End-of-line packaging machinery The first edition covers the questions a plant engineer asks before drawing up a shortlist.
Nothing is published yet. This page exists so that when the first edition is ready it has somewhere permanent to live, and so you can see the method before you see the results. Editions are never edited after publication — a later edition supersedes an earlier one and both stay readable.