3D Chess Media, LLC develops and operates a portfolio of digital businesses spanning AI search intelligence, marketing services, data-driven research, consumer publishing, and business publishing. The businesses within The 3D Chess Media Portfolio are designed for different audiences and markets, but they share a common interest: How do people discover, evaluate, compare, and choose companies, products, and services? Our two flagship businesses, LLM Authority Index and CiteWorks Studio, focus directly on the rapidly developing AI-search ecosystem.
Our category-specific research properties apply structured research and comparative publishing methodologies across individual consumer and business markets.
Featured Businesses
LLM Authority Index
AI Search Intelligence and Market Measurement
LLM Authority Index is the research, measurement, and competitive-intelligence business within The 3D Chess Media Portfolio. It studies how brands, competitors, websites, and sources appear across AI-generated answers and modern search environments. The platform is designed to measure more than simple brand mentions. Its research can examine: AI recommendation visibility, Recommendation coverage, Recommendation position, Rank-one and top-three placement, Citation visibility, Source influence, Competitor inclusion, Brand framing, Sentiment, Cross-platform agreement, Cross-platform disagreement, High-intent prompt performance, and Historical changes in AI visibility, LLM Authority Index publishes industry research, company benchmarks, citation datasets, competitive studies, and longitudinal measurements designed to answer questions such as: Which companies are AI systems recommending?
Which competitors are gaining ground? Which sources are being cited? Where does a brand enter the buyer's consideration set? How is the market changing over time? The broader objective is to create a measurable record of AI-mediated market visibility as artificial intelligence becomes a more important part of commercial discovery.
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CiteWorks Studio
AI Search Strategy and Implementation
CiteWorks Studio is the commercial strategy and implementation business within The 3D Chess Media Portfolio. CiteWorks works with companies seeking to improve how they are understood, retrieved, cited, compared, and recommended across AI-driven discovery environments. Its work can include: Generative Engine Optimization, Answer Engine Optimization, AI Search Optimization, AI visibility strategy, Citation architecture, Source ecosystem strategy, Entity clarity, Semantic positioning, Competitive AI analysis, High-intent prompt research, Content architecture, Technical SEO, and Digital authority development, LLM Authority Index and CiteWorks Studio address different sides of the same problem.
LLM Authority Index asks: What is happening? CiteWorks Studio asks: What should we do about it? Measurement and implementation remain separate functions, but the experience gained across both businesses gives 3D Chess Media a broad view of the emerging AI-search market.
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Consumer and Business Research Properties
Building Category-Specific Research Brands
The 3D Chess Media Portfolio also includes a growing collection of category-specific research properties. These websites are designed around individual consumer or business markets rather than attempting to cover every purchasing decision within a single general-interest publication. The category-specific approach allows each property to develop: Focused research methodologies, Relevant subject-matter expertise, Specialized datasets, Defined buyer situations, Industry-specific comparisons, Longitudinal research, Clear editorial standards, and Appropriate disclosures and review processes, Many of these properties also study how major AI systems respond when users ask substantially the same purchasing or comparison question.
The goal is not to treat AI agreement as objective truth. Instead, the research can show where AI platforms agree, where they disagree, which companies repeatedly appear, and how recommendations change based on the circumstances presented.
Aging In Place Index
Research for Aging Safely and Independently at Home
Aging In Place Index is a consumer research property focused on products, services, technology, and solutions that can help older adults remain safely and independently in their homes. Current areas of research include categories such as: Medical alert systems, Stairlifts, Walk-in tubs, Senior technology, and Home safety, The publication uses situation-specific research designed to recognize that the best option may depend heavily on the individual consumer. A product suitable for a healthy older adult living with a spouse may not be the same product recommended for someone living alone, experiencing mobility limitations, or requiring caregiver involvement.
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Credit Consensus Index
Consumer Credit Research and Comparative Analysis
Credit Consensus Index focuses on consumer credit and the financial products and services surrounding it. Research areas can include: Credit building, Credit rebuilding, Credit repair, Credit scores, Credit reports, Secured credit cards, Credit-builder products, Personal loans, Debt, Collections, and Credit monitoring, The publication combines structured research with human review in areas where subject-matter experience is particularly important.
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Life Insurance Consensus Index
Life Insurance Research for Specific Consumer Situations
Life Insurance Consensus Index focuses on life insurance products, companies, and consumer purchasing decisions. Research is designed around the reality that life insurance recommendations can vary substantially depending on factors such as: Age, Coverage needs, Policy type, Health circumstances, Term length, Family situation, and Financial objectives, The publication is intended to make areas of agreement and disagreement across research sources easier to understand.
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Mortgage Consensus Index
Mortgage Research and Home-Financing Decisions
Mortgage Consensus Index focuses on mortgage lenders, loan products, borrower situations, and home-financing decisions. Research can examine questions involving: Mortgage lenders, Loan types, Borrower profiles, Rates and costs, Refinancing, First-time buyers, Loan qualification, and Specialized borrower situations, Mortgage research can be highly dependent on individual circumstances, so the publication is designed to emphasize context rather than simply produce universal rankings.
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Home Services Consensus Index
Research Across Major Home-Service Categories
Home Services Consensus Index studies the companies and services homeowners rely on to maintain, repair, protect, and operate their homes. The property is intended to cover service-oriented categories where consumers frequently need to compare providers based on: Reputation, Availability, Geography, Cost, Service scope, Customer experience, Warranty or guarantee terms, and Specific household needs.
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Business Software Consensus Index
Research for Business Software and SaaS Decisions
Business Software Consensus Index focuses on software, SaaS platforms, and technology purchasing decisions. Business software selection often depends heavily on use case. A platform recommended for a small company may be inappropriate for an enterprise organization. A product that excels at ease of use may differ from one designed for complex integrations, security, scalability, or customization. Research can cover areas such as: SaaS platforms, Business software, Sales technology, Marketing technology, Customer support software, Operations software, AI software, Industry-specific applications, and Business automation.
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Home Improvement Consensus Index
Research for Home Improvement Products and Services
Home Improvement Consensus Index focuses on products, companies, contractors, technologies, and purchasing decisions related to improving residential properties. Research may cover both: Products homeowners purchase directly, and Services homeowners hire professionals to perform, The publication is designed to examine how recommendations change based on factors such as project type, budget, property characteristics, geography, durability, and long-term ownership considerations.
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Moving Consensus Index
Research for Moving and Relocation Decisions
Moving Consensus Index focuses on moving companies, relocation services, and related consumer decisions. Research can include: Local moving, Long-distance moving, Interstate moves, Specialty moves, Storage, Moving containers, Vehicle transportation, and Relocation services, The publication is intended to help consumers understand both areas of broad agreement and the situations where the most appropriate provider may depend on the details of the move.
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Hosting Consensus Index
Web Hosting and Infrastructure Research
Hosting Consensus Index focuses on web hosting companies, platforms, infrastructure options, and related technology decisions. Research can include: Shared hosting, Managed WordPress hosting, VPS hosting, Cloud hosting, Dedicated hosting, Ecommerce hosting, Developer hosting, Enterprise infrastructure, Performance, Reliability, Support, and Pricing, Hosting recommendations can change substantially depending on whether the user is running a personal website, publisher, ecommerce business, SaaS company, agency, or enterprise application.
Hosting Consensus Index is designed around those distinctions.
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How the Portfolio Fits Together
Research and Measurement
The portfolio collects and organizes information around defined commercial questions, then creates structured methods for comparing companies, recommendations, citations, and market behavior.
Publishing and Technology
Research becomes useful when complex findings are published clearly for consumers and business decision-makers. Technology supports that work through the systems, workflows, datasets, and automation needed to conduct research at scale.
Marketing and Commercial Intelligence
The portfolio studies how companies become visible during the customer journey and connects that visibility and research to competitive position and buyer behavior.
An Operating Portfolio, Not a Collection of Unrelated Websites
3D Chess Media's strategy is not simply to register domains and publish websites across unrelated categories. Each property is intended to become a focused research asset within a larger digital portfolio. That means building: original datasets, historical research, category-specific authority, recognizable brands, repeatable methodologies, publishing systems, and commercially useful information, over time. Some properties may generate revenue through advertising, affiliate relationships, lead generation, research products, partnerships, or other commercial arrangements.
Others may support broader research or strategic objectives within 3D Chess Media. The business model can vary. The focus on developing durable digital assets does not.
Commercial Relationships and Research Transparency
3D Chess Media operates commercial businesses and revenue-generating publishing properties. That fact should be visible. Some portfolio properties may earn revenue when readers purchase products or services from companies discussed on those websites. CiteWorks Studio provides commercial AI-search services. LLM Authority Index develops commercial research, measurement, and intelligence products. Those relationships can create potential conflicts of interest. Our approach is to disclose material relationships rather than suggest that they do not exist.
Where a portfolio property publishes rankings, comparative research, AI recommendation data, or other structured findings, commercial relationships should not be used to rewrite the underlying research result. A company may: Rank highly, Rank poorly, Appear inconsistently, Lose to a competitor, and Fail to appear, regardless of whether a commercial relationship exists. Each property maintains or will maintain disclosures appropriate to its own subject matter and business model.
Growing The 3D Chess Media Portfolio
The current portfolio represents the beginning rather than the endpoint. 3D Chess Media expects to continue developing digital properties where we believe there is an opportunity to combine: Strong buyer intent, Meaningful commercial markets, Structured research, AI recommendation analysis, Digital publishing, Specialized expertise, and Long-term data collection, New properties do not need to fit a single industry. They need to fit the broader 3D Chess Media thesis: Build useful information assets around important decisions, measure how digital discovery is changing, and develop businesses around what we learn.
Explore the Portfolio
AI Search Intelligence
LLM Authority Index LLMAuthorityIndex.com.
AI Search Strategy and Implementation
CiteWorks Studio CiteWorksStudio.com.
Consumer and Business Research
Aging In Place Index AgingInPlaceIndex.com, Credit Consensus Index CreditConsensusIndex.com, Life Insurance Consensus Index LifeInsuranceConsensusIndex.com, Mortgage Consensus Index MortgageConsensusIndex.com, Home Services Consensus Index HomeServicesConsensusIndex.com, Business Software Consensus Index BusinessSoftwareConsensusIndex.com, Home Improvement Consensus Index HomeImprovementConsensusIndex.com, Moving Consensus Index MovingConsensusIndex.com, Hosting Consensus Index HostingConsensusIndex.com.
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