What does citation analysis show?
- Every domain the engines cited and how many answers it appeared in.
- How many times your own site was cited.
- "Best X" list pages: which questions they were cited on and which competitors are on the page.
- The list pages where your brand is missing, with a separate filter.
What is in an action plan for a list page?
One click builds an action plan for each list page. The plan reads the page itself:
- The page type: editorial list, competitor's own page, directory, marketplace or forum.
- Whether your brand is really on the page.
- Who to contact: only routes found on the page. Email addresses are never guessed.
- Facts to send: quoted word for word from your own site.
- A ready email draft in the page's language.
How should you read this data?
Sources are the links the engine returns with its API response. They show which pages the engine looked at when it built that answer.
When you choose which list to spend effort on, look at this: is the page really about your category, is its editor independent, and is it cited on more than one question and engine.
Limit: "it was cited" and "that is why it was recommended" are not the same thing. The links are evidence for research; on their own they do not prove why a brand was recommended. Getting onto a list page does not guarantee you will be named in answers either.
How much is in each plan?
| Plan | List page action plans |
|---|---|
| Trial | none |
| Lite | 1 a month |
| Starter | 3 a month |
| Growth, Pro, Agency | 20 a week |
The Sources screen itself is open on every plan.