# See which pages AI answers cite, and whether any are yours

> AI citation tracking for ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews. See every cited source, your owned citation rate and which pages keep showing up.

When ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity or a Google AI Overview shows sources for an answer, AEOmeter saves them next to the answer text. You see which sites shape answers in your category, how often your own site is one of them, and which competitor pages keep showing up.

## Citations and inline links are kept apart

A citation is a source the engine attributes to its answer: a source pill in ChatGPT, a numbered source in Perplexity, a source card under an AI Overview. An inline link is a URL that appears inside the answer text. AEOmeter stores the two separately. The answer view lists citations first and "Linked in the answer" below them.

Keeping them apart matters because a passing link to your pricing page is weaker evidence than being one of the sources an answer is built on.

## Owned citation rate

Shown as **Cited** in the app. It is the share of successfully captured answers that cite at least one link on your domain or its subdomains. Add your domains in brand settings and both acme.io and docs.acme.io count.

Failed checks and searches where Google showed no AI Overview are left out of the denominator. With zero answers in a period you see a dash instead of 0%.

Example data

| Answers captured | Answers citing acme.io | Owned citation rate |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 43 | 8 | 19% |

## Every cited site and page, grouped

The Sources view lists everything AI answers cited in the period, grouped by site or by page. Each source is labelled as your site, a competitor site, community or other, with the engines that cited it and how many answers did. Click a source to read the exact answers that cited it.

This is where you find the review directories, Reddit threads and comparison articles that keep appearing for your prompts. Those are the pages worth earning a mention on.

## When a source list may be incomplete

Engines hide some sources behind grouped buttons and expanding panels, and they change their pages often. When AEOmeter cannot be sure it read every source, the answer says "Some sources may be missing" instead of presenting a partial list as complete. The engine adapters are experimental for this reason.

A citation records what the engine attributed. It does not prove that the page caused the answer.

## Questions

### Which engines show citations?

Perplexity shows sources on almost every answer. Google AI Overviews show source cards. ChatGPT shows sources when it searches the web for an answer. Claude adds citations when it uses web search, and many Claude answers have none. See [engines](https://aeometer.com/engines) for how each one is read.

### Is a citation the same as a mention?

No. A mention is your brand name in the answer text. A citation is a source link to your domain. You can be mentioned without being cited, and an answer can cite your blog without naming your product.

### Do subdomains count as my site?

Yes. Links on your owned domains and their subdomains count toward your owned citation rate.

### Does a cited page cause the answer?

AEOmeter cannot tell you that. It records which sources the engine showed. Treat a frequently cited page as a strong hint about what the engine reads, nothing more.

### How do I get cited more often?

AEOmeter measures citations. It does not write or publish content. Our [answer engine optimization guide](https://aeometer.com/guides/answer-engine-optimization) covers what tends to help.

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