Sample delivery pack

Excerpts from delivery/dry-runs/2026-09-22-sample/ — a bot dry-run for Cited Review. Fictional product. Simulated audit cells. Shown so you can see artifact shape before buying.

SKU: Bot AEO Monthly (Focus-tier shape) · Client: Meridian Hire (fictional) · Domain: meridianhire.example · Cycle: 2026-09 (illustrative)

01 · Citation audit excerpt

10-query AI citation audit

Honesty: Simulated dry-run cells for pack-shape review — not live engine API pulls. Do not treat competitor rows as measured production data. Cited does not guarantee citations or rankings.

Executive snapshot (illustrative)

SignalDry-run reading
Queries with any Meridian Hire cite0 / 10 (baseline expected for new / low-authority brands)
Queries where category answer is competitor-heavy8 / 10
Strongest adjacent language opportunity“distributed / remote-first ATS” + “ATS vs HRIS”
Weakest current surfaceNo answer-shaped pages on sample domain; thin entity graph

Query × engine matrix (simulated excerpt)

Legend: A Absent · M Mention-only · C Cited · CH Competitor-heavy

#Money queryClaudeGeminiGrokAI Overviews
1best ATS for distributed teamsCH / ACH / ACH / ACH / A
2best ATS for mid-market SaaS companiesCH / ACH / AACH / A
3ATS vs HRIS for growing startupsAMACH / A
4hiring software for remote-first companiesCH / ACH / ACH / AA

Interpretation: baseline gaps are normal before publishing answer-shaped pages. Improvement is measured month-over-month on the scoreboard — not promised as a ranking outcome.

02 · Answer page teaser

Best ATS for distributed teams

DRY-RUN / SAMPLE answer page for fictional product Meridian Hire. Ready-to-publish markdown shape. Does not claim #1 rankings or guaranteed AI citations.

Who this is for

People and Talent leaders at 50–500 employee companies where hiring managers, recruiters, and candidates sit across time zones.

Short answer

An ATS fits distributed teams when it supports asynchronous interview loops, clear candidate status across locations, and lightweight collaboration without forcing everyone into one office workflow. Evaluate tools on scheduling across zones, candidate experience on mobile, permissions for remote hiring managers, and reporting that works for a hybrid People team — not on “best overall” marketing claims.

What “good” looks like (excerpt)

  • Time-zone aware scheduling
  • Shared scorecards for remote interviewers
  • Candidate portal that works on mobile
  • Role-based access for hiring managers vs People ops
  • Integrations without brittle CSV exports

Where Meridian Hire fits (sample positioning)

Meridian Hire is a mid-market ATS with a light HRIS layer aimed at distributed B2B teams. It may be a fit if you want ATS-first workflows without buying a full enterprise suite on day one. It may be a poor fit if you need deep global payroll or complex union workflows.

Honesty close from the pack: publishing clear, accurate pages can help machines and humans understand your product. It does not guarantee citation in Claude, Gemini, Grok, AI Overviews, or any other system.

03 · Scoreboard blank / sample

Monthly query × engine matrix

Cited tracks presence / absence / competitor-heavy patterns. We do not sell #1 rankings, guaranteed citations, or sure-shot outcomes.

Scoreboard — Month 0 (simulated baseline)

Money queryClaudeGeminiGrokAI Overviews
best ATS for distributed teams
best ATS for mid-market SaaS companies
ATS vs HRIS for growing startups~
hiring software for remote-first companies

Legend: ✓ Cited · ~ Mention · ▲ Competitor-heavy · — Absent

Month-over-month sheet (blank until second probe)

Money queryClaude ΔGemini ΔGrok ΔAIO Δ
best ATS for distributed teams
ATS vs HRIS for growing startups
hiring software for remote-first companies
…same 10 rows on a real ship

Δ coding on a real ship: new cite · lost cite · stable · still absent · still competitor-heavy. Blank cells here are intentional — this is Month 0.

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