Why is my site not showing up in ChatGPT?
A diagnosis starts by separating discoverability, page evidence and model recommendation. There is no single submission switch and no fixed citation time.
1. The page is not discoverable
Check whether the URL is publicly reachable, has a usable canonical, is not noindex, and appears in the intended sitemap. Search engines may still choose not to index it.
Next: Run the public checks at MadeInRed and verify the result in your search console.
2. The page is crawlable but not selected
A robots rule or a successful fetch does not guarantee citation. Compare the page with the exact user question, add clear visible answers and cite primary evidence. Do not promise a ranking or a time frame.
Next: Use the AI Search Audit for technical evidence, then use the Source Hunter or a local research agent for actual citation observations.
3. The facts are unclear or stale
Make the entity, scope, dates, prices and sources explicit. Separate first-party claims from reviews, forums and search snippets. Correct contradictions before adding more markup.
Next: Create a repair plan from the report and re-check the changed URL.
4. The answer or product is not recommended
This may reflect query, location, model, freshness, competition or supplied-candidate effects. A technical audit cannot prove why a model chose another source.
Next: Record the exact question, model, date, answer and cited URLs in a reproducible observation log.
Keep a reproducible observation log
Record the URL, canonical, robots response, page date, exact question, model, date, answer, cited URLs and whether you supplied a candidate. The same question can produce different answers across models, dates and locations.
Results are observations, not a guarantee of indexing, ranking, citation or revenue. Operator: RETRETO NEXT LIMITED.