GEO AUDIT  ·  BRAND-ONLY

k-ID.

A look at how k-ID is described, positioned, and quoted inside Google's AI Overviews, the AI answer box at the top of search results, and where the brand shows up versus goes missing.

Sitek-id.com
Where we lookedGoogle AI Overviews, US
Questions tested39 brand, category, and competitor queries
PreparedInvalid Date  ·  by AUQ
AI Visibility Score
26
out of 100. Low band. k-ID is cited in 5 of 38 AI answers. It shows up on K-Id. It is absent on Age Verification, Age Assurance, Online Child Safety.
Verified AI Overview citations
5
k-ID's brand is cited in 5 of the 38 AI-answer queries we tested.
AI answer trigger rate
97%
Google's AI answer box fires on 38 of 39 tracked queries.
Citation rate when AI answers
13%
Share of AI-answer queries where the brand is actually quoted.
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

k-ID scores 26 of 100 for AI Overview visibility. The work is closing the citation and identity gaps.

k-ID is cited in 5 of 38 AI answers. It shows up on K-Id. It is absent on Age Verification, Age Assurance, Online Child Safety.

AI answers fire on 97% of tracked queries, yet k-ID is quoted in only 13% of them. When it does appear, it sits as a listed provider, rarely the lead source.

AI Visibility Score
26
Low band
BarelyLowCompetitiveDominant
What's in the score
  • How often AI answers appear97 / 100
  • Inclusion in category answers18 / 100
  • Quality of placement when cited50 / 100
  • How AI describes the brand67 / 100
  • Topic coverage breadth17 / 100
  • Your pages being quoted13 / 100
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CONTENT AND ENTITY COVERAGE

The topics that matter to the brand, and where it shows up in AI answers today.

See the full query-by-query breakdown →

TopicPresence in AI answersBuyer intent
K-IdOwnedcomparison
Age VerificationInvisiblepositioning
Age AssuranceInvisiblepositioning
Online Child SafetyInvisiblepositioning
Parental Consent ManagementInvisiblepositioning
Youth Privacy ComplianceInvisiblepositioning
Buyer-journey coverage

Problem Aware. overview queries: k-ID appears on 1 of 6 themes.

Solution Aware. Owned on K-Id; absent on Age Verification, Age Assurance, Online Child Safety.

Alternatives. 2 themes name the brand without citing it; 31 queries answer without it at all.

AI OVERVIEW PERFORMANCE

Where the brand shows up in Google's AI, and the high-value queries it is missing.

See all queries we tested →

Tracked keywords
39
Brand, category, and comparison queries analyzed.
AI answers fired
38
97% of tracked queries trigger an AI Overview.
Times brand cited
5
13% citation rate when AI answers.
Total brand mentions
7
Across all observed AI responses.
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QUERIES WE TESTED

Every query we ran against Google's AI Overview, and what we found.

39 queries across branded, positioning, and comparison intent. "Cited" means k-ID's own domain is a source in the AI answer. "Named, not cited" means the brand is mentioned but is not the source. "Absent" means the AI answered without it.

QueryTypek-ID in the AI answerTop sources cited
best age verificationPositioningAbsentreddit.com, youtube.com, identity.clearme.com
age verification vendorsPositioningAbsentidentomat.com, yoti.com, veratad.com
age verification solutionsPositioningAbsentondato.com, risk.lexisnexis.com, yoti.com
age verification softwarePositioningAbsentyoti.com, identomat.com, sumsub.com
age verification platformPositioningAbsentyoti.com, identity.clearme.com, cnbc.com
top age verification providersPositioningAbsentidentomat.com, yoti.com, veratad.com
age verification comparisonPositioningAbsentidentomat.com, gbg.com, eff.org
best age assurancePositioningAbsentdtspartnership.org, identomat.com, withpersona.com
age assurance vendorsPositioningNamed, not citedavpassociation.com, identomat.com, akleg.gov
age assurance solutionsPositioningAbsentsocure.com, liminal.co, withpersona.com
age assurance softwarePositioningAbsentgartner.com, withpersona.com, unidata.pro
age assurance platformPositioningAbsentepic.org, socure.com, withpersona.com
top age assurance providersPositioningAbsentavpassociation.com, identomat.com, gbg.com
age assurance comparisonPositioningNo AI answer
best online child safetyPositioningAbsentpcmag.com, allaboutcookies.org, useboomerang.com
online child safety vendorsPositioningAbsentikeepsafe.org, missingkids.org, cei.org
online child safety solutionsPositioningAbsentinternetmatters.org, theexodusroad.com, youthvillages.org
online child safety softwarePositioningAbsentpcmag.com, qustodio.com, bark.us
online child safety platformPositioningAbsentchildrescuecoalition.org, theexodusroad.com, cincinnatichildrens.org
top online child safety providersPositioningAbsentcei.org, safewise.com, theexodusroad.com
online child safety comparisonPositioningAbsentsafewise.com, cambridgeast.org.uk, uk.pcmag.com
best parental consent managementPositioningAbsentprivo.com, youtube.com, forbes.com
parental consent management vendorsPositioningAbsentprivo.com, uniconsent.com, kidswebservices.com
parental consent management solutionsPositioningAbsentprivo.com, kidswebservices.com, my.onetrust.com
parental consent management softwarePositioningAbsentkidswebservices.com, privo.com, youtube.com
parental consent management platformPositioningAbsentprivo.com, onetrust.com, reform.app
top parental consent management providersPositioningAbsentprivo.com, gartner.com, cookiebot.com
parental consent management comparisonPositioningNamed, not citedprivo.com, cookiebot.com, pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
best youth privacy compliancePositioningAbsentiapp.org, privo.com, ftc.gov
youth privacy compliance vendorsPositioningAbsentftc.gov, hunton.com, vaultjs.com
youth privacy compliance solutionsPositioningAbsentprivo.com, ftc.gov, onetrust.com
youth privacy compliance softwarePositioningAbsentonetrust.com, ftc.gov, usercentrics.com
youth privacy compliance platformPositioningCitedprivo.com, epic.org, corporatecomplianceinsights.com
top youth privacy compliance providersPositioningAbsenthunton.com, privo.com, verasafe.com
youth privacy compliance comparisonPositioningAbsentftc.gov, iapp.org, fpf.org
alternatives to k-IDComparisonCitedk-id.com, didit.me, k-id.zendesk.com
k-ID vs YotiComparisonCitedyoti.com, play.google.com, ineqe.com
k-ID vs IncodeComparisonCitedbiometricupdate.com, incode.com, carahsoft.com
k-ID vs PersonaComparisonCitedreddit.com, biometricupdate.com, k-id.com
THREE FINDINGS THAT MATTER
01

The brand is missing from 87% of AI-answer queries

k-ID is cited in 5 of the 38 AI answers we triggered.

02

AI misreads the category

k-ID presents as age verification, age assurance, online child safety, parental consent management, youth privacy compliance. AI Overviews cite it on K-Id and it is absent on Age Verification, Age Assurance, Online Child Safety.

TOP THREE MOVES
01

Win presence on Age Verification

Impact high · effort medium · 30 to 60 days

02

Convert named-not-cited queries into citations

Impact medium · effort low · 0 to 30 days

03

Earn placement in the third-party listicles AI cites

Impact high · effort medium · 30 to 90 days

IDENTITY IN AI OVERVIEWS

How the brand describes itself, and how Google's AI describes it.

What the brand says about itself

Age Verification

k-ID | Engage, Expand and Empower your youth audience, wherever they are Skip to Main Content For Parents Dev Portal Products Age Verification AgeKit Age classification (minor, youth, adult) AgeKit+ High-assurance age verification AgeKey Rek-id.com, 2026

Differentiators it leads with: AgeKit, AgeKit+, AgeKey, Compliance Development Kit.

What Google's AI says

Recognized in AI answers for K-Id

Cited as a provider on K-Id queries.
Appears alongside youtube.com, reddit.com, privo.com.
The core gap
k-ID presents as age verification, age assurance, online child safety, parental consent management, youth privacy compliance. AI Overviews cite it on K-Id and it is absent on Age Verification, Age Assurance, Online Child Safety.
Words AI uses for the brand
K-Id
The brand's own pillars that AI omits
Age VerificationAge AssuranceOnline Child SafetyCited source on vendor and comparison queries
WHERE GOOGLE'S AI GETS ITS ANSWERS

The sources Google's AI cites in this category, and what it tells you about earning citations.

Domain AI citesPagesContext
youtube.com18Cited on 18 of the queries we tested.
reddit.com13Cited on 13 of the queries we tested.
privo.com13Cited on 13 of the queries we tested.
identomat.com10Cited on 10 of the queries we tested.
ondato.com10Cited on 10 of the queries we tested.
yoti.com9Cited on 9 of the queries we tested.
onetrust.com9Cited on 9 of the queries we tested.
usercentrics.com8Cited on 8 of the queries we tested.
realeyes.ai7Cited on 7 of the queries we tested.
avpassociation.com7Cited on 7 of the queries we tested.
Reading
Independent listicles, communities, and rival explainers win the citations k-ID is missing. Earning AI citation on the invisible themes means placement on those third-party pages, not only owning its own glossary.
AI-REVEALED PEERS

The competitive set drawn by Google's AI itself. Observed, not chosen.

See which queries each peer won →

Brands and domains Google's AI cites in place of k-ID on the queries where it is absent. Observed, not chosen.

PeerHow AI frames it
youtube.comCited on 18 of the tested queries.
reddit.comCited on 13 of the tested queries.
privo.comCited on 13 of the tested queries.
identomat.comCited on 10 of the tested queries.
ondato.comCited on 10 of the tested queries.
yoti.comCited on 9 of the tested queries.
onetrust.comCited on 9 of the tested queries.
usercentrics.comCited on 8 of the tested queries.
Key observation
youtube.com is the most-cited source across the queries k-ID is missing.
90-DAY ROADMAP

Three sprints from first wins to compounding category presence.

Month 1  ·  Days 1 to 30
  • Publish solution and comparison pages for Age Verification, Age Assurance, Online Child Safety.
  • Build linkable comparison assets so AI Overviews can cite the brand's own domain.
Month 2  ·  Days 31 to 60
  • Earn placement in third-party best-of listicles and review sites the AI cites.
  • Seed community and review presence where AI Overviews pull trust signals.
Month 3  ·  Days 61 to 90
  • Expand owned comparison content across decision-stage queries.
  • Re-audit to confirm invisible themes move to cited and track citation share.