GEO & AI Search Glossary
AI Citation
An AI citation is a source link or attribution inside an AI-generated answer — the AI-era equivalent of ranking #1, because it is the only path from the answer back to your site.
Engines cite sources that are retrievable, extractable and corroborated: pages that answer one question cleanly, carry structured data, and agree with what trusted third-party sources say about the same facts.
Citation tracking — which prompts, which engines, which pages — is the core metric of a GEO program, and consistently favors brands with third-party mentions over brands that only publish self-descriptions.
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