Product Guides2 min read • Feb 05, 2026By Ava Thompson

Getting started with Abhord: Your first GEO audit (Feb 2026 Update 5)

Title: Abhord Quick-Start Guide (Refreshed Edition)

Title: Abhord Quick-Start Guide (Refreshed Edition)

Overview

This practical guide gets new Abhord users from zero to insights—fast. It covers setup, running a multi-LLM survey, reading the dashboards (mentions, sentiment, share of voice), competitor tracking, and how to act on what you learn.

What’s new in this refreshed edition

  • Updated recommendations for today’s LLM landscape: run across multiple model families and weight results by intent cluster.
  • Clearer definitions and calculations for mentions, aspect‑level sentiment, and share of voice (SOV).
  • Improved workflows for deduping aliases, setting alert thresholds, and closing the loop after you ship fixes.

1) Initial setup and configuration

Goal: make your workspace “LLM-ready” with clean entities, sources, and scope.

  • Create a workspace

- Name: Company or product line.

- Time zone and market: choose the primary region you serve.

- Roles: assign Owner (billing + settings), Analyst (surveys + dashboards), and Contributor (annotations).

  • Add your entities

- Brand entity: official name plus aliases, misspellings, product SKUs, former names.

- Products/solutions: one entity per product with synonyms (e.g., “Starter,” “Free plan,” “Basic”).

- Competitors (for later): list 5–10 realistic alternatives with aliases.

  • Connect first‑party sources

- Website sitemap (main site + /docs + /pricing + /compare).

- Docs/knowledge base (RSS or site root).

- Blog/newsroom (RSS).

- App store listings, marketplace pages, GitHub/Changelog if applicable.

- Tip: Keep last‑updated dates visible; LLMs value freshness signals.

  • Choose coverage

- Markets/languages to test first (e.g., US English).

- Query

Ava Thompson

Growth & GEO Lead

Ava Thompson has 11+ years in growth marketing and SEO, specializing in AI visibility, conversion-focused content, and brand alignment.

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