AI Citation
An AI citation is when a tool like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews names your business or links to your page as the source behind part of its answer.
The short answer
An AI citation is when a tool like ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google AI Overviews names your business or links to your page as the source behind part of its answer.
Full explanation
Different platforms cite differently — Perplexity typically names far more sources per answer than ChatGPT, for example. Earning a citation generally comes down to three things: your page has to be found, the model has to be able to pull a clear answer out of it, and the model has to trust it enough to name you rather than paraphrase without credit.
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