Glossary
What are citations in AI answers?
Citations in AI answers are the pages an assistant names as its sources when it answers a question. They show what the assistant leaned on, and they are often other people's pages: lists, reviews, directories and forum threads.
Why do they matter?
If the pages an assistant trusts for your category don't mention you, the answer probably won't either. Getting onto those pages, honestly, is often worth more than another page on your own site.
What kinds of page get cited?
- Lists of the best tools for a job.
- Reviews and review sites.
- Directories.
- Community threads, such as Reddit.
- Videos and encyclopedia pages.
What does Propel do with them?
Propel records the pages the answers cite for your buyers' questions, sorts them by kind, and suggests what to do about each: a personal note to whoever runs a list, say, or a listing on a directory. Each step that goes outside is a draft that waits for your yes. See Get found.