AI Citation Source Radar

The #1 cited source by every major LLM. Has a notability bar. Getting an article is hard; getting cited *in* existing articles is easier — reach out to editors with verifiable references.

Wikipedia's structured-data sibling. No notability bar. Create an item with brand name, founder, URL, instance-of 'business'. Acts as identity ground truth for entity resolution.

AI assistants heavily cite Reddit threads — especially for product comparison and reviews. Engage in subreddits where your audience hangs out. Don't spam; participate.

Critical for B2B. Complete the LinkedIn company profile, post regularly, get employee verification. Add to Organization sameAs schema.

Tier-1 B2B SaaS directory. Free listing, paid premium. Reviews matter heavily — drive 20+ reviews from happy customers in 60 days.

Part of Gartner Digital Markets. Free listing. Mirror your G2 content; emphasise features list.

Funding/company database. Add founders, funding rounds, total raised, website. Heavily indexed by LLMs for B2B disambiguation.

Consumer review king. Especially weighted for e-commerce, services, and finance. Run a review campaign.

Critical for any consumer-facing local business. Claim + complete the profile, respond to reviews.

For e-commerce products. Even if Amazon isn't your main channel, having products listed adds review-rich citations LLMs index.

Maintain a public repo with a good README. For SDK/API products, the README is the citation. Open-source small utilities to seed presence.

Heavily mined by code-focused LLMs. Answer questions in your domain with quality answers. Don't link-spam.

Pitch funding rounds, product launches, original data stories. One TechCrunch mention compounds for months.

Consumer-tech focus. Pitch product reviews, news. Hardest pubs to crack but highest authority.

Heavy AI citation. Both staff articles and contributor pieces work. Pitch via HARO / Qwoted for staff mentions.

Required for any local business. Verify the listing, fill every field, post weekly, respond to reviews.

Travel / hospitality / restaurants. Claim, respond to reviews, ensure NAP matches your site exactly.

Top-cited for consumer health queries. Pitch as a contributor or expert source for articles.

Highest authority in health citations. Only achievable for genuine medical brands — partnership or named-expert basis.

Top-cited for financial education queries. Contributor program available; pitch authoritative explainers.

Original data / analyst quotes / company news. Hard to land but compounds heavily.

The most-cited marketing blog. Guest contributor program; pitch original frameworks or data.

SEO-specific; high authority. Get quoted in roundups or contribute via Ahrefs Academy.