--- title: "Citations" description: "Every URL AI engines cite alongside your brand, classified by source type." --- ## What it shows The **Citations** page (`/dashboard/citations`) aggregates every URL that AI engines cited across your tracked prompts. Each row shows: - The URL and its domain - **Source type** classification (news, review, owned, social, forum, listicle, vendor) - Number of times it was cited in the last 30 days - Which prompts triggered it - Whether your brand was mentioned in that citation's content ## Source classification Ansvisor automatically classifies citations into seven categories: | Type | Examples | Why it matters | |---|---|---| | **Owned** | your-domain.com, blog.your-domain.com | Pages you control — the easiest to optimize | | **News** | TechCrunch, The Verge, Bloomberg | High-trust signal; one good placement = months of AEO impact | | **Review** | G2, Capterra, TrustPilot, Wirecutter | AI engines weight these heavily for buying-intent prompts | | **Listicle** | "Best 10 X" articles | Easy citation pickups via outreach | | **Forum** | Reddit, Hacker News, Quora | Surprisingly influential for technical/B2B queries | | **Social** | Twitter, LinkedIn | Lowest weight in current LLMs | | **Vendor** | direct competitor sites | Indicates you're losing comparison ground | ## How to use it ### Find your earned-media wins Sort by `times cited` descending → filter by `source type: news, review, listicle`. Anything in the top 20 is doing meaningful AEO work for you. ### Find your defensive gaps Filter by `source type: vendor` → these are competitor pages that AI engines cite when answering questions in your category. Each one is an opportunity for a counter-piece. ### Identify outreach targets Filter by `source type: review, listicle` → look for high-traffic articles where your brand is **not** mentioned. Those are direct outreach targets — ask for inclusion. ## Drill-down Click any citation row to see: - Which exact AI responses cited it - The prompt that triggered each citation - Whether your brand was named in the cited page's content Measure real visits arriving on your site from AI answer engines.