Citation footprint

External mentions, reviews, partner pages, directories, and articles help confirm that your brand is real and relevant.

Why AI systems care

Answer engines often triangulate recommendations from sources beyond your site. If competitors have stronger external proof, they can win the answer.

How to check it manually

01Search for brand mentions outside your own domain.
02Compare review, directory, partner, media, and community references against competitors.
03Check whether third-party sources use accurate category language.

How to fix it

01Earn mentions on credible category-relevant sources.
02Correct outdated directory and profile descriptions.
03Publish partner, integration, and customer proof that can be referenced externally.

Check your site

The free report checks the highest-impact crawler, technical, and discoverability signals and turns them into a prioritized fix list.