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title: "Get your brand cited by AI engines: commissioned research, The Internet Ninja"
description: "How TIN works with brands that want AI engines to cite them: commissioned research with the sponsor named, the method committed first, and the result published whatever it shows."
url: "https://theinternetninja.com/get-cited/"
updated: "2026-10-17"
---

for brands

# Get your brand cited by AI engines.

TIN runs commissioned research on the questions your buyers ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and AI Overviews, and publishes it with its data, so the engines have something true to cite.

- Start the form
- How commissioned research works →

## Who it is for

absent

### Brands missing from AI answers in their own category

proof

### Companies with real outcomes nobody can find

research

### Teams that need a citable study, not an ad

## What TIN does, and does not do

does

- Runs a commissioned study on a question your buyers ask AI engines, with the method committed before any data is collected.
- As part of that study, measures how the main engines answer those questions today, and where your brand appears.
- Publishes the study and its dataset on TIN, where engines and people can read and check it.

does not

- Sell a badge, a ranking, or a place in a case file.
- Let a sponsor edit, soften or withhold a finding.
- Run ongoing tracking or reporting of your AI visibility. TIN is not a monitoring tool.
- Work for agencies reselling TIN to their clients.

## What you get

1. **A study on your question** A named population, a committed method and every row published, in the same format as TIN’s own studies.
2. **A baseline, inside the study** Where the study asks it, how the main engines answer your buyers’ questions when the data is collected, and where you appear. Part of the study, not a separate report.
3. **The dataset, free to download** On TIN, with the sponsor named, so anyone, including the engines, can check the result.

[what a study looks like AI citation sources: which sites do AI engines cite? 2,857 citations from 7 engines in 10 countries n = **1395** method committed first free CSV TIN’s own study, not commissioned. A sponsored study ships in this exact format, with the sponsor named at the top. read the study →](https://theinternetninja.com/recon/ai-citation-sources-2026/)

## How commissioned research works

Four rules hold for every sponsored study. They are why the result is worth citing.

1. **The sponsor is named** On the page, in the dataset and in the structured data.
2. **The method is committed first** The question, the sample and the measures are public before any data is collected.
3. **It is published whatever it shows** A disappointing result ships on the same page, on the same date.
4. **The dataset stays downloadable** No email, no login, for anyone, for good.

## Tell us what you need

A line on your category and the questions your buyers ask is enough to start. Commissioning a study never buys its result.

## Questions

**How long does a project take?**

It depends on the project: how many sites or companies, which questions, which markets. We agree the scope with you first, and you get the timeline in writing before work starts.

**What does it cost?**

It depends on the project, for the same reasons. You get a quote in writing after we agree the scope, before any work starts.

**Can you guarantee we get cited?**

No. Nobody honest can. TIN publishes something true and checkable; whether engines cite it is measured, not promised.

**Do you track our AI visibility over time?**

No. TIN is not a tracking or reporting tool. A commissioned study measures what its method says, once, and publishes it.

**Do you work with agencies?**

Not as clients. TIN works directly with brands. Anyone can still submit a public case for checking.

## Where to go from here

learn · keep reading

- [AI search optimization: what it is, what is measured, and where to start guide · AI search and visibility · 11 min](https://theinternetninja.com/guides/ai-search-optimization/)
- [How to get cited by ChatGPT: what it takes to rank in it guide · AI search and visibility · 15 min](https://theinternetninja.com/guides/how-to-get-cited-by-chatgpt/)

check · see the data

[AI citation sources: which sites do AI engines cite? 2,857 citations from 7 engines in 10 countries study · n = 1395 · dataset ungated](https://theinternetninja.com/recon/ai-citation-sources-2026/)

act · work with TIN

Start the form on this page · intent preset from the link