Unlock AI Search Insights: Real-Time Brand Monitoring with BottleTrail

BottleTrail now tracks AI chat responses with web search, revealing how real-time web data impacts brand visibility, sentiment, and share of voice.

Published: 3/11/2025By Chris Piccaro3 min read

Ever wondered what AI says about your brand when it has access to the entire web? We did too. That's why we're thrilled to introduce a major enhancement to BottleTrail—our AI response tracking now includes chats with search! This enables comprehensive AI brand monitoring with real-time web data.

Did you know that 46% of GPT responses trigger search?

Showcase of chat with search in BottleTrail
A simple toggle to switch to chat with search per model in BottleTrail.

What’s New?

Until now, BottleTrail has simulated AI chat interactions based solely on model knowledge. With this update, we now incorporate web search enhanced AI responses—providing a more realistic and accurate view of how AI models respond when they have access to live web data.

Why It Matters

Many AI models, like Perplexity, Gemini, and ChatGPT with search, rely on real-time web search to inform their answers. This means brands and businesses need to understand:

  • How their brand appears in AI search-powered responses
  • What sources AI pulls from
  • How search impacts sentiment, visibility, and share of voice

Imagine a potential customer asking an AI, 'What are the best sustainable water bottle brands?' With search, AI might pull up recent news about your brand's new eco-friendly initiative, directly influencing their decision.

ChatGPT with search turned on.
ChatGPT ready to search the web.

How It Works

  • When running AI chat simulations in BottleTrail, you’ll now see responses from both standard AI memory and search-enhanced AI models (when applicable).
  • Compare the differences and track how search affects your brand’s positioning.
  • Get deeper insights into what AI is surfacing from the web about your business.

Try It Out

Log in to BottleTrail and see how search-enhanced AI models perceive your brand!

Pro Tip: Start by comparing how AI responds to your top 3 product questions with and without search capabilities to quickly identify knowledge gaps.

What’s Next?

This is just the beginning. We’ll continue refining how we analyze AI-generated search results and provide even richer insights over time.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is search-enhanced AI different from regular AI?

Search-enhanced AI models can access real-time information from the web, while regular AI models rely solely on their training data which may be outdated.

Can BottleTrail track responses from any AI model?

BottleTrail currently supports tracking responses from major AI platforms including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Perplexity. More coming soon - stay tuned!