Platform · Intelligence
The sources AI engines actually reuse.
AI engines rely on pages, videos, forums and media to answer. We record every cited source, engine by engine, to know where your brand needs to be present.
Your site is the #4 source. Two third-party platforms rank ahead: that is where you need to be present.
What we measure
Where AI engines get what they say about your market.
The sources that matter
The most cited domains and pages on your questions, by engine.
Its place among the sources
Your site's rank, and the pages that get reused.
Media, forums, videos
The platforms where your brand needs to exist to be picked up.
AI Overviews, measured separately
The sources of AI Overviews blocks, on their own searches.
Experts + proprietary technology
From raw citations to a list of places to act.
A source cited by an AI engine is a place where your brand can be picked up, or left out.
- RecordEvery source cited in every answer, with its date.
Measurement engine - GroupURLs mapped to their domain, without guessing the brand behind them.
Measurement engine - ClassifyYour site, your competitors, third parties.
Engine + expert - PrioritizeThe sources that weigh on your targeted questions.
Decision engine - ActA page on your site, a third-party profile, presence on the cited platforms.
Experts → ZivRank Engine
The proof
What the measurement showed, in a real case.
US B2B SaaS vendor (anonymized) · August 9, 2026 → September 22, 2026. Same protocol at both measurements.
citations recorded across 1,587 domains
baseline measurement
most cited source (390 citations), ahead of Reddit (373)
all engines and Google AI Overviews
rank of the client's site among all sources
August 9, 2026 → September 22, 2026
site's rank among Google AI Overviews sources
250 searches at each measurement
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