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HOW IT WORKS · 08

How Citation Sources works

When AI answers about you, it pulls from sources — articles, directories, reviews, data providers, and the pages it already trusts. This report shows which sources shape AI's view of you, where you're cited, and the earnable placements where you're missing.

You don't control what AI says — but you can influence what it reads.

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Example

If the sources AI trusts in your category never mention you, you're invisible in the answer no matter how strong your own site is. The fix isn't more website copy — it's earning a place in the sources AI is already reading.

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THE SOURCE PICTURE

What we measure

This report separates two things most tools blur: what AI reads, and what's actually written about you.

1
Sources AI reads
Where does AI get its information?
The articles, directories, data providers, and trusted pages the models pull from when they answer about your category.
2
Where you're cited
Which sources already mention you?
The third-party pages that reference your business today — the coverage AI can already find and use.
3
Citation gaps
Where should you be, but aren't?
The high-authority sources AI trusts that don't mention you yet — the earnable placements with the most leverage.
4
Competitor citations
Who's cited where you're not?
The sources feeding your competitors' answers, so you can see exactly which coverage is winning them the recommendation.
5
Directory & NAP
Are your basics consistent everywhere?
Your presence and consistency across the directories and data providers AI leans on for foundational facts.
6
Coverage strength
How much of the web backs you up?
The overall weight of independent sources describing you — thin coverage means AI is working from very little.
Your own website is never counted as a citation gap — only earnable, third-party places where coverage would move the answer.
READING YOUR RESULTS

Earn your way into the sources AI trusts

Every gap becomes a target — a directory to claim, a publication to pitch, a data provider to correct. Close the ones AI reads most, and you start appearing in answers your own website could never reach on its own.

What your gaps mean

Each missing source points to a specific play.

If AI reads sources that never mention you
you likely need earned coverage — directory claims, third-party mentions, and citations in the exact places AI already trusts.
If competitors are cited where you're absent
you likely need to contest those specific sources — the ones feeding their answers and starving yours.
If your basic listings are inconsistent
you likely need to align your directory and data-provider details so AI stops second-guessing your core facts.

The goal is to become impossible to leave out — cited across enough of the sources AI trusts that your name shows up whether you're being asked about or not.

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