Citation tracking extracts sources and grounding metadata from model responses, matches them against owned domain rules, and aggregates citation share across AI engines.
flowchart TD
A[LLM Grounded Response] --> B[Metadata & Source Extraction]
B --> C[URL & Link Parsing]
B --> D[In-Text Citation Parsing]
C --> E[Domain Normalization]
D --> E
E --> F[Brand & Competitor Domain Rules]
F --> G{Attribution Match?}
G -->|Owned Domain| H[Owned Citation Credit]
G -->|Competitor Domain| I[Competitor Citation Credit]
G -->|Unmatched / Other| J[Third-Party Reference]
H --> K[Citation Share Aggregation]
I --> K
J --> K
K --> L[AI Visibility & Engine Metrics]Referenced by