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Show that AI recommends you.

When Gemini, Grok, ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Mode and Claude put your brand near the top, put the proof on your site — a small badge that shows your live rank and links back.

Rankings are earned. Never sold. · No paid placements

AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
As ranked by AI#2Wireless Earbudslive · ▲ up 1 · as of Jul 2026

Live rank, read from your profileUpdates every weekOne line of HTMLFree
01The loop

How it works

Every week we ask the AI assistants buyers actually use — Gemini, Grok, ChatGPT, Perplexity, AI Mode and Claude — the buying questions in your category. Your rank is the result. The badge carries that result back to your own site, and your visitors back to the ranking.

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GeminiGrokGPTPerplexityAI ModeClaude

AI ranks your brand

6 models answer the real buying questions in your category, every week.

02

You copy one line

Your brand page hands you a ready snippet — nothing to design or build.

03

Paste it on your site

Homepage, footer, product page — wherever buyers weigh you up.

04
#2AI rank

The badge shows your live rank

It reads the current number each time the page loads — never a stale one.

05

Readers click back

Buyers on your site follow the badge to the ranking — and discover you there too.

The loop closes on itself. Each embed is your name across the web — the same signal the AI models read. More mentions → the models see you more → the ranking that badge points to gets stronger.

02Specimens

The badge, three ways

One live default, one dated keepsake, one for when you're on the board but not the podium. Light and dark, every size.

Live rank — the default
AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
As ranked by AI#2Wireless Earbudslive · as of Jul 2026

Reads the current rank on every load. If you climb, it climbs. If you slip, it slips — honest by design.

Long category — the label wraps
AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
As ranked by AI#3Smart Home & Security Cameraslive · as of Jul 2026

A long category name wraps to two lines and clamps — the numeral holds its place and the badge never blows out its width.

Dated award — a keepsake
AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
AI top pickTop 3 · Wireless Earbudsfrozen · Jul 2026

A moment that was true, stamped with its date — it never pretends to be today. Yours to keep even after the week turns.

Wordmark — dark theme
AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
Tracked byWhat AI Would Buy

On the board but not top-ranked yet? The plain wordmark still links buyers to your live position.

03Why buyers trust it

It can’t show a rank you don’t have.

A screenshot can be frozen at your best day forever. This badge can't — it's read live, so it always tells the truth about where you stand right now.

This week — ranked #2
AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
As ranked by AI#2Wireless Earbudslive · as of Jul 2026
Later — no longer ranked
AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
Tracked byWhat AI Would Buy
the number withdraws itself — no stale #2

Live, not a screenshot

The rank is fetched each load. Climb and it climbs; drop and it drops to a plain wordmark. It can only ever say something true.

Earned, not bought

Only brands the models genuinely rank can mint one. No plan to buy, no rank to fake — the ranking decides, not a checkout.

Precise about the scope

It names exactly where you lead — “#2 in Wireless Earbuds” — never a vague, inflated “#1 by AI”. The claim matches the method.

04The embed

One line of HTML

Copy it from your brand page, paste it once. No script, no account, no build step — just a tiny image that links back to your ranking.

<!-- paste anywhere on your site -->
<a href="https://whataiwouldbuy.com/sony"
   target="_blank" rel="noopener">
  <img src="…/api/badge/sony.svg?theme=light"
       alt="Sony — ranked #2 for Wireless
            Earbuds by What AI Would Buy"
       width="260" height="56" loading="lazy">
</a>
renders as ↓
AiWHAT AI
WOULD BUY
As ranked by AI#2Wireless Earbudslive · as of Jul 2026
~4 KB · lazy-loaded · no JavaScript
05Who can get one

Earned by the ranking, not a plan.

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The models actually rank you

Your brand holds a real position in at least one category we track — not a one-off mention.

2

You've cleared the noise floor

Confirmed across several weeks and models, so a stray hallucination can never mint a badge.

3

It's free

No tier to buy, no upsell. If the ranking says you qualify, the badge is yours.

4

You keep it honest

Use it as-is and keep the link back. That’s the whole deal — the badge is trusted because nobody edits it.

06Common questions

Good questions to ask.

Will it slow my site down?

No. It’s a single small image (~4 KB) that loads lazily and runs no JavaScript on your page.

What happens if my rank drops?

The badge updates itself. It never keeps showing a rank you’ve lost — if you fall out of the top ranks it quietly becomes a plain wordmark.

Is it really free?

Yes. There’s no plan to buy and no way to pay for a better rank. The models’ ranking is the only gate.

Can I freeze a good week?

Only with the dated award — and it always shows its date, so it reads as “we were Top 3 in July 2026”, never as a false “today”.

Can I restyle the badge?

Please don’t. Keeping it as-is is exactly why readers trust it. Usage guidelines and a contact live on our trademarks page.


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