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What's new in Surfaced

April 14, 2026

Microsoft Copilot, Blog Overhaul & Site Quality Pass

  • Microsoft Copilot added as 13th AI model — now scanning ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, Grok, Grok Pro, DeepSeek, Meta AI (Llama 4), Perplexity Pro, ChatGPT 4o, Gemini Deep, Claude Opus, and Copilot daily
  • Landing page model section updated — shows all 13 real models with provider labels instead of generic cards
  • Pro plan price corrected to $149/mo on billing page (matches Stripe)
  • Blog audit: 12 missing posts added to index, 2 empty directories removed, 30+ pages updated from '13 AI models' to '13 AI models'
  • Full encoding audit: zero mojibake across all 67 blog pages — emoji, symbols, and special characters verified clean
  • Duplicate breadcrumbs removed from 11 blog pages
  • Blog index now uses site light theme consistently — no more dark background on blog listing page
  • Notification dropdown fixed — now renders above the dashboard header using fixed positioning
  • Preview banner now correctly offsets all navs site-wide via CSS variable (--banner-h)
  • All model count references corrected from '12' to '13' across 6 files
April 3, 2026

Site Glow-Up — Clarity, Trust & Conversion

  • New hero: 'See what 13 AI models say about you' — leads with our biggest differentiator
  • Actionability section: 'Other tools show the problem. We tell you how to fix it' — with content blueprint mock
  • Real social proof — replaced placeholder testimonials with verified stats (13 models, 200+ brands, daily scans)
  • Sample report preview on /score page — see what you'll get before entering your domain
  • Pricing FAQ — 5 key questions answered including 'How is Surfaced different from SEMrush?'
  • Pricing CTAs now route correctly — paid plans → signup, free → score checker, agency → contact
  • Demo link added to main navigation — explore the dashboard without signing up
  • Scroll-depth analytics — track how far visitors read the landing page
  • Benchmark API — aggregate AEO data across all brands for industry reports
  • SEO: updated meta titles, OG tags, and llms.txt to emphasize 13 AI models
  • Cleaned up: removed unused assets, fixed dead footer links, consistent CTAs across all plans
March 28, 2026

AEO Intelligence Suite & Free Score Checker Overhaul

  • Content Gap Explainer — see WHY AI doesn't cite you for each query (competitor dominance, weak content, no authority)
  • Answer Block Generator — ready-to-publish 40-60 word paragraphs with headings, placement tips, and FAQ schema
  • AEO Action Queue — prioritized to-do list with effort estimates and impact ratings for every visibility gap
  • Prominence Score — weighted scoring: Leader 3×, Recommended 2×, Mentioned 1×, Negative -1×
  • AI Crawler Audit — check if your site blocks GPTBot, ClaudeBot, PerplexityBot and 8 more AI crawlers
  • Share of Answers — your % of AI recommendations vs competitors, per-model breakdown, rank position
  • Citation Decay Alerts — automatic detection of lost mentions, citations, and recommendations between scans
  • Email alert system — score drop alerts, citation decay notifications, and weekly digest via Resend
  • Score checker rebuilt — switched from dead Groq to OpenAI, now generates accurate contextual queries for any brand
  • Score checker validated with 70+ brands across SaaS, ecommerce, healthcare, local business, and more
  • Reports & Alerts page — configure email preferences with server-side persistence
  • Sidebar expanded — Site Audit, Reports, Team, API Keys, Webhooks now accessible
  • Blog & Changelog redesigned to match warm editorial theme
March 27, 2026

Landing Page Overhaul & Copy Rewrite

  • New hero: 'AI is recommending your competitors. Not you.' — based on Reddit r/aeo research
  • Data-backed ticker bar with real stats: 4.8% AI conversion rate, 27% crawler blocking, Google rank ≠ AI rank
  • Content Blueprints replaces Content Recommendations — actionable, not generic
  • Share of Answers metric — the emerging community KPI for AI visibility
  • 'Every price on the page. No request a demo games.' — transparent pricing messaging
  • Testimonials rewritten with specific pain points (Google #1 but invisible to AI, Cloudflare blocking)
  • Site audit: 14 files fixed — invisible text, garbled encoding, dead links, a11y issues
March 25, 2026

Bulletproof Scan Engine & Rate Limit Recovery

  • Fire-and-forget scan architecture — all models launch simultaneously, progress tracked via polling
  • Lambda deadline guard — saves partial results before timeout instead of losing everything
  • CloudFront origin timeout increased from 20s to 60s for long-running scans
  • Smart rate limit recovery — 5 retries with exponential backoff up to 60s, respects Retry-After headers
  • Stale scan killer runs on every route — no more stuck 'running' scans
  • Crash safety net — unhandled errors always mark scans as failed in DB
  • Content optimization now powered by GPT-4o-mini (faster, more reliable)
  • Competitor detection fallback — OpenAI picks up when Perplexity is unavailable
  • Finalize scoped to current run window — never mixes old and new scan data
  • Duplicate scan protection per brand+model
March 21, 2026

13 AI models, Security Hardening & Smart Onboarding

  • 3 new AI models — Meta Llama 4 Maverick, Mistral Large, and DeepSeek V3 (13 total)
  • AI-powered onboarding — auto-analyzes website, discovers competitors, generates queries
  • Zod input validation on all 24 API routes
  • Error message sanitization — no internal details leaked to clients
  • IDOR protection on all brand-scoped routes
  • Smart score alerts — skips email when models fail to avoid false alarms
  • Score change email alerts live via Resend
  • Automated daily + weekly cron scans active
March 16, 2026

Fast Engine & AEO Content

  • New fast scan engine — 8x faster scans (2.5 min vs 20+ min per brand)
  • Groq integration — ultra-fast Llama 3.3 70B inference at 276 tokens/sec
  • Cerebras integration — fastest AI inference in the world (450 tok/s)
  • LLM analysis now powered by Groq — faster and free
  • Blog launch — comparison guides and AEO strategy content
  • Embedded payment method update — dark-themed, stays on-site
March 15, 2026

Engine Reliability & 10-Brand Validation

  • 10-brand clean test — 600/600 results across 10 AI models, zero failures
  • Llama model fix — updated to Llama 3.3 70B Instruct Turbo
  • LLM-powered response analysis with positioning detection (leader/recommended/alternative)
  • Query classification — brand-direct queries excluded from AEO score for accuracy
  • Deterministic brand mention check — never trust LLM for mention detection
March 14, 2026

Premium UI & Churn Prevention

  • Full UI redesign — premium dark glass theme with glow borders and animations
  • Scan progress bar — real-time visual feedback during brand scans
  • Churn prevention flow — 50% off retention offer before cancellation
  • Admin panel — revenue, cost, and profit tracking per user
  • Exa + Perplexity competitor auto-detection with smart filtering
  • Desktop sidebar navigation with active page indicator
March 13, 2026

Batch 4 — Competitors, Reports & Team

  • Team management — invite colleagues with role-based access
  • PDF/HTML report export — download branded reports for clients
  • Competitor panel — add/remove competitors directly from brand page
  • Competitor comparison chart — visual side-by-side AI visibility
March 13, 2026

Batch 3 — Multi-Platform & Billing

  • Gemini & Claude support — monitor 4 AI platforms simultaneously
  • Stripe billing integration — manage subscription from settings
  • Score drop alerts — email notification when AI visibility decreases
March 13, 2026

Batch 2 — Intelligence & Automation

  • AI-powered recommendations with ready-to-copy content drafts
  • Score history chart — track your AEO score over time
  • Automatic weekly auto-scans — your brand monitored every 24 hours
  • Weekly email reports — digest delivered every Monday
  • AI query suggestions — smart queries generated during onboarding
March 12, 2026

Launch — Core Platform

  • Brand monitoring across ChatGPT and Perplexity
  • AEO Score — unified AI visibility metric
  • Competitor tracking with mention/citation comparison
  • Secure auth with email/password and magic links

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