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Definition
A direct reference, quotation, or attribution made by a generative AI system to a specific brand, website, or page when answering a user query, indicating that the source was retrieved and trusted during response generation.
What Is an AI Citation?
An AI citation happens when an AI answer engine uses a brand, website, page, quotation, statistic, or source as supporting evidence inside an AI-generated answer.
In Generative Engine Optimisation, AI citations are important because they show when a source has been retrieved, trusted, and used by an AI system during answer generation across platforms such as ChatGPT, Perplexity, Microsoft Copilot, Google AI Mode, and Google AI Overviews.
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