Citations
Understand the sources AI engines use when answering tracked prompts.
Citations show which URLs and domains AI engines use in answers. They are tracked separately from brand mentions.
Citation reports
Citlyze reports:
- owned citations vs competitors
- citations with brand mention rate
- citation by content type
- citation by channel
- top owned citations
- top citations overall
Content types
Citation content types include:
- listicles and top lists
- blogs and news
- research and reports
- comparisons
- documentation
- user reviews
- product pages
- wiki-style pages
- social content
- pages we could not classify
Classification is automatic and approximate.
Channels
Citation channels include:
- owned domains
- peer companies
- social platforms
- competitor sites
- user-generated content
- earned media
- affiliate sites
- third-party sources
Important distinction
A citation to an owned domain does not automatically mean the brand was mentioned in the answer text. Citlyze tracks three separate signals: a link the engine showed (citation), your brand named in the answer text (mention), and a page the engine read while answering (source consulted).