Mentioned vs Qwoted: AI Visibility for Trade Contractors
You've probably heard about both Qwoted and Mentioned if you're serious about building operator credibility. Here's the thing: they solve different problems. The question isn't which one is better. It's which one you need first.
What Qwoted Does Well
Qwoted connects journalists and PR pros with expert sources. If you want to be a quoted source in major publications—Forbes, Business Insider, niche trade mags—Qwoted gets your profile in front of reporters actively looking for voices. You fill out your expertise tags, set your availability, and journalists pitch you. It's a real distribution channel if you care about print bylines and mainstream press mentions.
The problem: Qwoted is old-school earned media. Print articles take weeks. Publications have declining reach. And your real customer today isn't reading Forbes—they're asking ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Claude when they have a problem.
Where Mentioned Is Different
Mentioned tracks where your company shows up in AI search. ChatGPT. Perplexity. Claude. Gemini. When a contractor is asking an AI "who should I hire for HVAC in Rhode Island," we measure whether you appear in the answer. We've audited 137 trade contractors. The median score is 32 out of 100. The top performers hit 79. That's a 47-point gap for the exact same market.
Our CC-BY-4.0 dataset is public. Our methodology is open. We're not gatekeeping this. We're trying to shake an industry awake.
AI visibility is not about traditional PR. It's about being discoverable where your customers are actually searching today. Qwoted gets you in front of journalists. Mentioned gets you in front of your actual customer during their decision-making moment.
The other difference: we built Mentioned for the operator, not the PR department. 90 seconds to audit yourself. You'll know exactly where you stand versus your competition. Then we hand you a roadmap—specific fixes ranked by ROI—to close that gap.
Best For
| Tool | Best For |
|---|---|
| Qwoted | Operators who want PR mentions, print bylines, and visibility with journalists. Good if your brand strategy includes thought leadership media coverage. |
| Mentioned | Trade contractors who want to be found by customers when they ask AI. Solves the immediate visibility gap—where your competition already stands. |
Use Both?
They don't compete. Qwoted is a long-term PR channel. Mentioned is immediate market intelligence and a clear action plan to move the needle with AI search right now.
If you're building a brand that needs traditional media presence, Qwoted makes sense. If you're trying to close deals and your customer's first move is "let me ask an AI," Mentioned is where you start.
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Common questions about AI visibility for Qwoted contractors in
Google ranks pages. AI search engines like ChatGPT and Perplexity name specific businesses in answers. A Qwoted contractor in can rank #1 on Google and still be invisible in ChatGPT, because the signals are different (schema, citations, structured data, training-data presence).
Most Qwoted contractors see meaningful score lift within 30-60 days of implementing the three core fixes: Google Business Profile completion, consistent industry directory listings, and schema markup. The 47-point gap between median (32) and top performers (79) is closeable.
Yes. Roughly 40% of homeowner searches now start in ChatGPT or Perplexity instead of Google. Even with strong Google rankings, you can be completely invisible in AI answers, which means losing calls you don't even know about.
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