Citation Count

Citation Count is the number of times your URLs are cited as numbered sources in AI answers.

Citation Count tracks how often your domain (and which specific URLs) appear as cited sources beneath an AI-generated answer. Especially actionable on Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, which expose citations explicitly. ChatGPT (with browsing) and Gemini also cite, with varying transparency. Citation Count is a stronger signal of authority than mere mention — a citation means the model trusted your page enough to attribute its output to you.

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Citation (in AI answers)

An AI citation is a numbered, clickable source link beneath or inline with an AI-generated answer.

Perplexity

Perplexity is the most citation-heavy AI engine — every claim is sourced and clickable.

Visibility Score

Visibility Score is the percentage of monitored prompts where your brand is mentioned across AI engines.

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