Rastislav Molcan
Rastislav Molcan is the founder and editor of CompareNow.ai. He researches how AI answer engines select and cite sources, and maintains the verified data behind every listing on this site.
Biography
Rastislav Molcan founded CompareNow.ai to bring verifiable, source-backed comparisons to the AI visibility market. Every fact on the site traces to a recorded source with a checked date; the research process and scoring rubric are public on the methodology page.
He also operates Ranketize, an AI-visibility consultancy, and researches how AI answer engines select and cite sources across GEO, AEO, and LLM SEO.
Areas of expertise
- Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) research
- Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)
- AI visibility measurement
- Entity SEO and structured data
Latest articles by Rastislav Molcan
- Industry · 7 minThe State of AI Search in 2026
The 2026 evidence on AI search is in: Muck Rack, Semrush, Profound, and Stacker published large-scale citation studies. Earned media supplies 84% of AI links, citations peak on the first question, and each engine reads a different web. What the data shows, and what to do this quarter.
- GEO · 6 minHow to Get Cited by ChatGPT: A Practical Playbook
ChatGPT cites differently than Google: only 31.8% of its cited domains overlap with Google's top ten, Wikipedia is its most-cited domain, and brands' own sites earn just 4.3% of category-prompt citations. A practical playbook built on the largest citation studies published to date.
- Strategy · 5 minGEO vs SEO: What Actually Changes for Your Team
GEO is an operational change, not a new department. What actually changes for the SEO manager, content lead, and PR owner when a team adds GEO: the new workflows, the KPIs to add, a reporting cadence that fits noisy AI answers, and the overlap evidence for keeping SEO fundamentals intact.
- Tools · 7 minHow to Choose an AI Visibility Tool Without Wasting Budget
Verified July 2026 prices for the AI visibility market — free checkers, Otterly at $29, Peec AI at $95, Profound at $99, Trakkr at $100, AthenaHQ at $295, Evertune at $800 — organized by buyer situation, with the engine-gating fine print that decides what each tier really includes.
- GEO · 5 minWhy Reddit Is Quietly One of the Most Cited Sources in AI Search
Muck Rack found Reddit is Gemini's top cited domain; Profound found social sources are 19% of Perplexity citations, and separately that social citations overall rise from 5.4% on category prompts to 15% on brand prompts. What the citation data means for your Reddit strategy — and how to earn AI visibility there without getting banned.