Citation Tracking · live across 5 engines

Track every AI citation — where, when, how often.

Live citation feed across ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, and Google AI Overviews. Know the prompt, the source URL, and the position — for every mention, every day.

Live citation feedLIVE · 247 today
ChatGPT
best ai seo tool 2026
cited: semlypro.com/ai-search-visibility · position #1
12s ago
Perplexity
how to track ChatGPT citations
cited: semlypro.com/blog/aeo-guide · position #2
47s ago
Gemini
AEO vs SEO 2026
cited: semlypro.com/learn/aeo · position #3
2m ago
Claude
AI search visibility platforms
cited: semlypro.com/content-gap-analysis · position #1
4m ago
+ 243 more citations today across all engines

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What is AI citation tracking?

AI citation tracking is the practice of monitoring every time AI search engines name, recommend, or cite your brand in their generated answers — including the specific prompt that triggered it, the position within the answer, and the source URL the AI referenced.

For modern marketing teams, AI citations have become the new backlink: a leading indicator of category authority and a direct driver of zero-click pipeline.

Per-prompt

Which exact prompts trigger your citations.

Per-engine

Which engines cite you most (and least).

Source URL

Which of your pages the AI is citing as a source.

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Why now

AI citations are the new backlinks.

Every AI citation is a leading indicator of authority. Most teams measure links and rankings — and miss the citation graph entirely.

4.4×
higher LTV

for visitors who arrived from an AI citation vs Google organic.

Daily
refresh

Citation feed updated every 24 hours across all 5 engines.

1 view
per dashboard

Live feed of every citation, sortable by engine, date, source.

The closed-loop difference

Others log the citations. SemlyPro earns them.

Read-only citation trackers tell you what AI said about you yesterday. SemlyPro tracks AND drafts the content that earns new citations tomorrow — then publishes it to your CMS.

Capability

Read-only citation trackers

SemlyPro

Per-engine, per-prompt citation log
Source URL attribution
Citation count over time
Identify gap prompts (cited competitors, not you)
AI-drafted content tuned to earn new citations
One-click publish + re-track

How it works

From query to logged citation.

1

01

Add brand

Connect domain + brand name. We auto-discover the top 50 buyer-intent prompts.

2

02

Query daily

Each prompt runs against ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews — every 24 hours.

3

03

Log + attribute

Every mention captured: engine, prompt, position in answer, source URL the AI cited, snippet of the surrounding text.

SemlyPro only
4

04

Earn more

For prompts where competitors are cited and you aren’t, SemlyPro drafts + publishes the content that closes the gap.

What’s inside

Six pillars of citation visibility.

Feed

Live citation feed

Every citation, every engine, in chronological order. Filter by engine, prompt, or source URL.

Attribution

Source URL attribution

See exactly which of your pages the AI is citing — and which competitor pages are taking your share.

Position

Position within the answer

First mention vs fifth mention. Position matters more than count for click-through.

History

Citation history + trend

Daily, weekly, monthly counts. Spot drops, spot momentum, spot competitor-driven changes.

Compare

Competitor citation tracking

See competitor citations side-by-side. Identify share-of-voice in real time.

EarnClosed-loop

Auto-earn workflow

When a gap prompt is detected, SemlyPro drafts and publishes content tuned to earn the citation.

Who it’s for

Built for teams treating citations as the new backlinks.

SEO leads

Replace your link-tracker mental model with citation-tracker. Same discipline, new currency.

Citations / week tracked

PR / comms

See exactly which earned-media coverage is being cited by AI engines. Double down on what works.

PR ROI proven

Brand managers

Real-time visibility into how AI represents your brand. Catch negative sentiment fast.

Sentiment trend visible

Agencies

Report client citation lift weekly. Defensible monthly metric for retainer renewal.

Renewal-ready reporting

Customer proof

Real citations earned. Real attribution.

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Hero case study

How [Customer] went from 12 to 247 monthly citations

Tracking citations across all 5 engines daily, [Customer] identified 14 gap prompts where competitors were cited. SemlyPro drafted + published gap-closing content to WordPress. Monthly citation count climbed from 12 to 247 in 90 days.

12 → 247
Monthly citations
14
Gap prompts closed
90 days
Cycle time
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AI citations are the new backlinks. SemlyPro is the only tool that tracks them properly.

[Customer Name]
Head of SEO · [Company]
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The feed view is the single best dashboard I’ve seen in SEO tooling this year.

[Customer Name]
SEO Lead · [Company]

Pricing

Daily citation tracking, from €139/mo.

Every plan includes the full closed loop — research, generation, and publishing to 13 CMSes.

Pro

Solo marketers & small teams

$139/mo
Get Started

Full plan includes the closed loop

Most Popular

Business Pro

Growing teams & agencies

$229/mo
Get Started

Full plan includes the closed loop

Enterprise

Mid-market & large organizations

Custom
Talk to sales

Full plan includes the closed loop

FAQ

AI citation tracking, questions answered.

The practice of monitoring every time AI search engines (ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Claude, Google AI Overviews) name, recommend, or cite your brand in their generated answers — including the specific prompt, position, and source URL.

Daily by default. Hourly on the Enterprise plan. Historical citations are backfilled for the first 90 days when you sign up.

Yes. Every citation logged includes: engine, full prompt, position within the answer, source URL the AI cited, and a snippet of the surrounding response text.

ChatGPT (OpenAI), Perplexity, Gemini (Google), Claude (Anthropic), Google AI Overviews. Microsoft Copilot, Grok, DeepSeek, and Meta AI on the Enterprise plan.

Yes. Up to 5 competitors per workspace, tracked against the same prompts. Side-by-side comparison shows share of citations.

The score is a composite metric (one number). Citation tracking is the raw event log — every mention, with full attribution. The score is computed from the citation events.

Read-only trackers log citations and stop. SemlyPro logs them, identifies the gap prompts (where competitors are cited but you aren’t), and drafts + publishes the content to close those gaps.

Yes. SemlyPro covers Reddit, YouTube transcripts, and major podcast platforms — the source signals AI engines pull from. On the Business Pro plan and above.

Yes. CSV, JSON, Google Sheets, Notion, and API access. Enterprise plan adds webhook delivery on every new citation.

Yes. Email + Slack when a previously-tracked citation disappears from an engine’s response. Useful for catching content decay early.

Track every citation. Earn the next one.

7-day money-back · Daily refresh · Source URL attribution included