The Content Analyzer examines one piece of content and tells you how well answer engines can find, trust, and quote it. It also tells you exactly what to change to make the content easier to cite. The Content Analyzer is the input side of the loop. The rest of the platform measures what answer engines say about your brand. The Content Analyzer measures the pages on your side that answer engines read.
The Content Analyzer replaces the old content scoring screen. The old screen gave only a score. In the Content Analyzer, each check has a plain-language takeaway and concrete recommendations. You can change these recommendations into an action plan.

Why answer engines cite some pages and not others

Answer engines do not cite pages because the pages rank well. They cite pages that have these properties:
  • The page answers a question clearly.
  • The page is easy to parse.
  • The page comes from a domain that the model already trusts.
It is difficult to see these properties by eye. The Content Analyzer makes them measurable. You can use it before you publish, or on a live page that has bad results in AI answers. To learn more, read How LLMs select sources.

What you can analyze

You can run the analyzer on three types of input:
  • A URL: check a page that is already published. Genezio validates the URL first. Thus, you know immediately if Genezio cannot read the URL. You do not have to wait for the analysis.
  • An uploaded file: analyze a document that you work on.
  • Pasted draft text: paste a draft directly and check it before you publish it.
The last option is the most important. With it, you can repair a piece while a change is still cheap.

What the Content Analyzer report checks

Each check gives a plain-language takeaway. The takeaway tells you what the result means and what to do. You do not get a number that you must interpret.

Brand Favorability

Brand Favorability shows the tone that answer engines take toward your brand in this content. A page can be technically correct and still frame your brand weakly.

Question Coverage

Question Coverage shows which real user questions the content answers. It shows the difference between a page that is about a topic and a page that solves the question of the user.

Citation Standing

Citation Standing compares the domain where you plan to publish with the domains that answer engines already cite in your space. The domain is optional. The check tells you if you publish in a location that models trust, or in a location that models never showed. If Genezio cannot reach the domain, the report says so clearly. The check does not fail silently.

Brand Fit

Brand Fit gives a Strong, Good, or Weak verdict on how well the content fits your brand. The card shows the reasons. Thus, you can decide if you agree.

Structure and technical checks

Each of these checks also gives a plain-language takeaway:
  • GEO structure: Is the organization of the content the one that answer engines prefer?
  • Readability: Is the content sufficiently clear to quote?
  • Findability: Can users and answer engines find the content?
  • Schema and rendering: Can machines read the markup and the rendered output?
  • Content-type fit: Is this the correct format for the intent (guide, comparison, FAQ, and others)?

The action plan

The action plan makes the report useful, not only informative. Each insight has concrete recommendations. For example:
  • “Add a comparison table”
  • “Open with an answer-first definition”
  • “Add source citations”
Select the recommendations that you want to act on. Genezio collects them into an action plan. When the list is correct, click Continue in the Content Hub. The items go directly into the draft. Thus, the repairs go into the real article, not into a forgotten document.

When content does not match a topic

If the content does not match a topic that you monitor, the report shows a “no match” state. This state is not a failure. It is a finding. Possibly the content is about a subject outside your monitored space. Or possibly you do not measure a topic that you must measure. See Topics.

Export the report as a PDF

You can export the full report as a PDF. This is the easy way to give the findings to a writer, an agency, or a stakeholder who does not use Genezio.

A typical Content Analyzer workflow

1

Give the input

Open the Content Analyzer and give a URL, a file, or a pasted draft.
2

Add the domain (optional)

Add the domain where you plan to publish, to get the citation standing.
3

Read the report

Read the report from the top to the bottom. Usually, Question Coverage and Brand Fit explain the most.
4

Make the action plan

Select the useful recommendations for the action plan.
5

Draft the improved piece

Click Continue to send the recommendations to the Content Hub. Then draft the improved piece.
6

Publish and monitor

Publish the page. Then monitor if the page starts to appear in your citations.

In the API

The public API reads the results of the Content Analyzer in Content analyses.