Research
Akii research
Our research on how AI answer engines find, describe, cite, and recommend businesses, with a focus on the UAE. Every figure is sourced and reproducible, kept separate from what we sell so it can be cited on its own merits.
Benchmark report
UAE AI Search Visibility Benchmark 2026
How visible UAE businesses are inside AI answer engines, across 94k+ scans. Findings, method, per-engine visibility, sentiment, limitations.
Methodology
AI Visibility Index methodology
The full method behind every figure: sample, the 0-100 score and its dimensions, engines probed, and how each number is reproduced from the live database.
Data
Aggregated benchmark data (CSV)
The anonymized aggregates as a downloadable CSV. Proprietary: cite with attribution, do not redistribute.
Explainer
What is AI search visibility?
A plain definition of presence, citation, accuracy, and recommendation inside AI answers, and how to measure and improve them.
Explainer
How do AI engines choose sources?
Relevance, credibility, corroboration, and crawlability, plus what you cannot control and an honest note on hallucination.
Explainer
How to audit your AI search visibility
A six-step way to audit how AI engines describe and recommend your business: list buyer prompts, probe each engine, record presence and accuracy, fix entity data, track over time.
Explainer
SEO vs AEO vs GEO
How search ranking, answer-engine optimization, and generative-engine optimization differ, and which you actually need.
Trust
Editorial standards
Our editorial policy, corrections policy, and conflict-of-interest disclosure for everything we publish.