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Connect your domain
Add one connection record in your domain provider to route traffic through Appear. No code changes, no server configuration, no migration. Works with any hosting provider.
How it works
A rendering layer between your site and AI systems.
Appear classifies each request at the edge, serves the correct response profile, and preserves your existing human experience.
System flow
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Visitor classification
Appear runs on a globally distributed edge network. Each incoming request is classified in real time to determine if the visitor is a human browser or an AI system like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, or Gemini.
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Content generation
Appear generates structured, citation-optimized content for each AI platform — not just a reformatted version of your existing HTML. ChatGPT gets structured context. Perplexity gets citation-ready answers. Claude gets reasoning-first hierarchy. Gemini gets entity-aligned output. Each is written to match how that platform synthesizes information.
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Adaptive delivery
Human visitors continue to your existing site with zero changes to design or functionality. AI crawlers receive the generated content profile matched to their platform — served at the edge in real time.
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Measurement
Track which AI systems are crawling your site, how often, which pages they visit, and how your content appears in AI-generated answers. Use this data to refine your AI visibility strategy over time.
What changes and what does not
What changes
- AI crawlers receive structured, assistant-specific outputs instead of your raw HTML.
- Your content is formatted for reliable parsing, citation, and synthesis by AI systems.
- You gain visibility into crawler behavior, visit frequency, and page-level coverage.
What does not change
- Your CMS, publishing workflow, and content management processes.
- Your human-facing design, interactions, and conversion paths.
- Your existing domain, hosting provider, and site architecture.
- Your SEO setup — Appear complements existing search optimization.
Technical detail
Real-time delivery
Visitor type is determined at the edge in real time. Your existing site stays primary for human traffic.
Response profiles
Each AI system gets a tailored response. ChatGPT receives structured context. Perplexity gets citation-ready formatting. Claude receives clean reasoning context. Gemini gets entity-aligned output.
Content generation
Appear scans your live site content and generates public visibility pages that preserve your brand voice, product positioning, and key facts — without requiring manual content creation.
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