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How Glotier Actually Works

No magic. Real APIs, real data, real workflows.

Most “AI visibility” tools talk big and explain nothing. We’re the opposite. Here’s exactly what Glotier does, how it does it, and what you’ll see in your dashboard. Built by an indie hacker for indie hackers.

The 5 channels we track

Your product lives across five visibility channels. Most tools track one. Glotier tracks all five — in one dashboard.

Channel 1

AI Search (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity)

When someone asks an AI “what’s the best [your category] tool,” does your product come up?

How we measure it

We send your tracked queries to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity through their official APIs. Daily. Then we parse the responses to find mentions of your product and your competitors.

What you’ll see

  • “Mentioned in 8 of 50 queries this week (up from 5)”
  • Which AI cites you most, which cites you least
  • Which sources the AI learned about you from (Reddit, Medium, Hacker News, your own blog)
  • A list of queries where competitors are mentioned but you aren’t — your direct optimization targets

Why it matters

AI search is replacing Google for “recommendation” queries. If ChatGPT doesn’t know you, you don’t exist for that user.

Channel 2

Google Search

When someone searches “best [your category],” where does your product rank?

How we measure it

We use SERP APIs (DataforSEO and SerpAPI) to fetch your keyword rankings daily. Position tracking, featured snippets, “People Also Ask” appearances.

What you’ll see

  • Your rank for each tracked keyword (today vs last week vs last month)
  • Your top 3 competitors’ positions
  • Click-through rate estimates
  • Backlink opportunities (sites linking to competitors but not you)

Why it matters

Google still drives 60%+ of high-intent discovery traffic. Even with AI rising, “best X” Google searches aren’t going away.

Channel 3

Community Mentions (Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt, Indie Hackers)

Are people actually talking about your product in the places where indie hackers live?

How we measure it

We poll Reddit, Hacker News, Product Hunt, and Indie Hackers through their public APIs. Track mentions of your product name (and common misspellings). Run sentiment analysis on the context.

What you’ll see

  • Every mention of your product across these communities
  • Sentiment: positive, neutral, negative
  • Action items: “This Reddit comment is asking for a tool like yours — go reply”
  • Influencer detection: “User @X (12k karma) mentioned you”

Why it matters

Indie SaaS lives or dies by word of mouth in these communities. One viral Reddit thread can drive 10,000 visitors. One angry HN thread can sink your launch.

Channel 4

App Store & Play Store (for mobile apps and games)

If you have a mobile app or game, where does it rank for your target keywords? How are your reviews trending?

How we measure it

We connect to the App Store Connect API and Google Play Console API (official channels — no scraping). Daily snapshots of keyword rank, ratings, review velocity, and download estimates.

What you’ll see

  • Keyword ranking for your tracked terms
  • Review sentiment trend (last 30 days)
  • Competitor comparison (top 3 in your category)
  • Featured opportunity alerts (“App Store editors recently featured an app like yours — here’s how to pitch”)

Why it matters

Mobile visibility is a closed system. ASO isn’t optional — it’s the only growth lever for the App Store.

Our unique edgeChannel 5

Listicle Network

This is the one nobody else does.

We operate a network of niche “Best [X]” comparison sites — covering categories like indie SaaS tools, AI writing apps, developer productivity tools, and more. Each one publishes weekly listicles edited by humans, ranked by real merit.

How it helps you

  • Glotier customers get evaluated for inclusion in relevant lists
  • The lists are crawled and indexed by AI models (ChatGPT trains on content like this)
  • The lists rank in Google for “best X” queries
  • When AIs cite the lists, they cite you

This is the moat. Other tools tell you where you stand. We also help move the needle. By participating in our content network, your product becomes findable by every channel above — AI, Google, and humans browsing.

To be clear: inclusion is merit-based. You can’t pay to rank. We protect this trust because it’s the entire point.

What you do (10 minutes per week)

  1. 1

    Sign up. Add up to 3 products on Builder tier ($29/mo).

  2. 2

    Add your queries. “Best AI writing tool”, “Top notion alternative”, “free SEO checker” — whatever your customers would actually search.

  3. 3

    Add your keywords. SEO keywords you want to rank for.

  4. 4

    Add your social handles. So we can track community mentions.

  5. 5

    Wait one week. Glotier collects data daily.

  6. 6

    Open your weekly report. Email Mondays at 9 AM your timezone. Five sections, one for each channel. Wins, losses, action items.

That’s it. No dashboards to babysit, no API keys to manage. We do the work. You read the report and ship better.

What you’ll never see from us

We’re transparent about what Glotier is not, because the SEO/visibility space is full of bad actors.

  • We don’t sell black-hat SEO services.
  • We don’t generate fake reviews.
  • We don’t auto-spam Reddit/HN with your links.
  • We don’t promise specific ranking outcomes.
  • We don’t accept payment for inclusion in our listicle network.
  • We don’t scrape data without permission. All our integrations use official, paid APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Perplexity, Reddit, App Store Connect, Google Play Console).

Glotier helps you understand and improve your real visibility. That’s the entire product. If your product is great, Glotier amplifies it. If your product isn’t, Glotier won’t fix it — but it will show you the gaps.

How we built this

Glotier is built in public by @oguzhanglotier.

We document everything — including the screw-ups — in our Phase log. You can see the codebase architecture decisions, the metrics, and the road ahead.

The platform itself uses:

  • Next.js + React
  • Cloudflare Pages (edge-deployed)
  • Cloudflare D1
  • Resend
  • OpenAI API
  • Anthropic API
  • Google AI API
  • Perplexity API
  • DataforSEO / SerpAPI
  • Reddit API
  • Hacker News API
  • App Store Connect API
  • Google Play Console API

No middlemen. No reseller margins. That’s why we can offer Builder tier at $29/mo — every dollar above raw API costs funds the listicle network and the team.

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