Changelog

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AI Article Autopilot: Smarter Topic Discovery

We completely rebuilt the topic suggestion engine. Instead of broad, generic keywords, you'll now see 600+ actual article topics tailored to your store, each with search intent (informational or commercial), recommended article type (guide, list, tutorial), and monthly search volume. More specific, more relevant, and ready to turn into articles that AI platforms can cite.

AI Article Autopilot: Smarter Internal Linking

We rebuilt the internal linking engine. It now reads from your llms.txt file and automatically adds relevant products, collections, and pages as internal links inside your generated articles. Better site structure, better crawlability, and more paths for AI assistants to discover your catalog.

AI Product Optimizer: Better Content & FAQs

Updated the content generation engine for product descriptions and FAQs. Output is more specific, more citation-worthy, and better structured for AI discovery. External analysis of 28K+ AI citations found FAQ schema to be the single biggest citation lever (45% more citations vs. pages without). The updated FAQ output is built to capitalize on that.

AI Product Optimizer: Bulk Import/Export

You can now export optimized content that's pending review, edit it in your favorite editor (Google Docs, Excel, whatever), and re-upload to approve in bulk. Built for stores with large catalogs where reviewing product-by-product isn't practical.

Added

• Perplexity.ai tracking - Now monitoring brand mentions across ChatGPT, Claude, Google Gemini, AND Perplexity

• AI Responses tab - View the exact text AI platforms generate when mentioning your brand, including full context and competitor mentions

• Citation source tracking - See which websites and sources AI platforms reference when recommending your store

Improved

• Completely redesigned dashboard UI - Cleaner metrics layout, improved data visualization, faster load times

• Platform breakdown view - Per-platform mention counts, average positions, and sentiment now displayed in dedicated cards

• Query performance table - Better organized table showing position, sentiment, and citation counts per tracked query

• Mention frequency chart - More readable timeline visualization showing brand mention trends over time

Changed

• Reorganized navigation with new tabbed interface (Tracked Queries, Query Suggestions, Citation Sources, Competitors, AI Responses)

• Updated metrics cards to show N/A states more clearly when insufficient data is available

• Improved empty states and loading indicators throughout the tracker

What this means for you

You can now verify exactly how each AI platform describes your store, identify which competitors appear in the same AI responses, and track which sources give you authority in AI recommendations. This is the competitive intelligence layer that helps you understand not just if you're being mentioned, but how and why.

We’ve launched the AI Article Autopilot — a fully automated content engine built to help your store rank for high-intent AI and search queries.

What’s new

• AI-suggested topics based on opportunity, difficulty, and search volume

• Content calendar with scheduled publishing

• Auto-fill calendar (Pro+ plans)

• Full article generation optimized for SEO and AI discovery

• Automatic FAQ sections with structured schema

• Product and collection mentions inside articles

• AI image generation for featured images

• Draft-only or auto-publish control

• Section-level regeneration (1 credit) or full article regeneration (10 credits)

Why this matters

Most stores publish inconsistently or don’t target the right keywords. AI Article Autopilot solves that by:

• Prioritizing high-opportunity topics

• Generating structured, schema-ready content

• Publishing consistently on autopilot

• Giving you full editing control before anything goes live

Set it up once, and your content pipeline runs automatically.

More traffic. Less manual work.

We’ve added a new Citation Sources section to the AI Mentions Tracker.

This shows exactly which websites and specific URLs AI models use as sources when mentioning your brand and your competitors.

What’s included:

• A ranked list of top citation domains used by AI models

• The exact URLs being cited (not just the domain)

• Which queries referenced each source

• Visibility into both your brand and competitors

Why this matters:

• Understand why competitors are mentioned instead of you

• See which articles and pages AI models trust most

• Identify concrete opportunities to:

  • get featured on the same sources

  • create competing content

  • influence AI recommendations more effectively

This turns AI mentions from a black box into actionable insight.

We’ve fully revamped the AI Crawler Access feature to give AI tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, Claude, and Gemini a much clearer, more intentional view of your store.

What’s changed:

• From limited to scalable priority control

  • Before: Up to 5 products and 3 collections could be included.

  • Now:

    • Up to 100 priority products

    • Up to 50 priority collections

    • Unlimited priority pages

• Smarter LLMs.txt structure

  • Priority products and collections are listed first, aligned with how AI crawlers consume store data.

• Automatic llms.txt discovery

  • yourstore.com/llms.txt now automatically redirects to your generated file.

• Auto-synced every 24 hours

  • Your LLMs.txt file is automatically refreshed daily to reflect:

    • product changes

    • availability updates

    • new content

  • This keeps your store fresh and crawl-worthy, which AI models strongly prefer.

• Advanced LLMs.txt configuration

  • Include all products

  • Exclude out-of-stock products

  • Include collections

  • Include blogs & articles

  • Include store pages

  • Include data feeds

• Enabled by default

  • No manual setup required.

Note for current users: Because of this upgrade, Shopify will request a one-time permission update so we can generate and maintain your LLMs.txt file correctly.

We’ve added native Junip support to automatically include Junip reviews in your structured data (Review & AggregateRating schema), helping AI platforms and search engines better understand and reference your product reviews.

We’ve added a new block inside the Mentions Tracker that automatically suggests high-value queries/questions to track based on real customer search behavior and search volume.

This helps you instantly discover what people actually ask AI tools about your niche, so you can track (and win) the prompts that matter.

Improved: More Stable Mentions Tracking
We’ve upgraded the Mentions Tracker backend for smoother performance, more consistent updates, and improved reliability across all platforms.