> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.ansvisor.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Citations

> 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

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