Get cited, not just scraped
AI engines read publisher content, but are they citing you as the source or returning no referral? CiteTrack AI distinguishes verified crawl activity from measured citation results, identifies pages to improve and lets you manage crawler access.
See it in action
Crawled for training vs. cited in answers
Training-heavy crawling with few citations is a signal to investigate.
For newsrooms, blogs & media
Are you the cited source?
Track whether AI engines attribute answers to you for the topics you own, or quote you with no link.
Learn more ?Training vs. citation split
See how much crawling is just feeding models versus actually citing you, by engine and intent.
Learn more ?Allow / block controls
Decide which AI crawlers may use your content via robots.txt and llms.txt, allow the ones that cite, block the ones that only take.
Defend your topics
The narrative-control map shows who’s being cited instead of you on your beats.
Learn more ?Author E-E-A-T
Person schema for your writers so engines recognise and credit your expertise.
Learn more ?Spoof & spike alerts
Get told about aggressive or spoofed crawlers hammering your archive.
Learn more ?The publisher’s dilemma, measured
For publishers, AI is both an audience and a threat. Engines that cite you extend your reach and send referral readers; engines that only train on your archive take the value and give nothing back. The trouble is most publishers can’t tell which is happening. CiteTrack separates them: it shows the purpose of each crawl, whether you’re cited or merely consumed, and which competitors are being quoted on your beats, so you can lean into the engines that reward you, block the ones that don’t, and optimize the content where being the cited source matters most.
Control, then earn
Use the allow/block controls to set your terms with AI crawlers, then use citation tracking and AEO tools to win the citation where you’ve chosen to engage.
Publisher FAQ
Can I tell if AI cites me or just trains on me?
Yes. Crawler analytics classify each crawl’s purpose (training, live-answer, search), and citation tracking shows whether engines actually attribute answers to you, so you can see consumption versus citation side by side.
Can I block AI crawlers that don’t cite me?
Yes. CiteTrack manages robots.txt and llms.txt directives so you can allow the engines that cite and reward you and block the ones that only scrape for training.
Does blocking a crawler hurt my AI visibility?
It’s a trade-off CiteTrack helps you make with data: block training-only bots that send no traffic, while keeping the live-answer and search crawlers that can cite and refer readers. You decide per engine.
How do I become the cited source on my topics?
Track the prompts on your beats, see who’s cited instead of you, and use the AEO tools (answer capsules, section index, author E-E-A-T schema) plus the narrative-control map to earn and defend the citation.
Does it handle large archives?
Yes. Crawler logging is lightweight (one row per detected bot hit), and you can focus citation tracking on the prompts and sections that matter most.
Where is the data stored?
Crawler, citation and report data are stored locally in WordPress, with privacy-reduced visitor data. License/update checks and optional AI provider runs contact the services required for those jobs.
Make AI credit your work
See who cites you, who only scrapes you, and take back control of your share of the answer.
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