AI Citations & Backlinks

Get the AI citations and backlinks that make AI recommend you.

AI answer engines cite a small set of sources when they recommend tools. If your brand is not in those citations, you do not exist in AI search. xSeek finds the pages AI cites for your topics, then runs a backlink exchange to get you listed, and does the outreach for you.

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Best AI visibility tool?

8%of 50 runs named you
You8%
Leader: Competitor A31
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Write a comparison: “Best AI visibility tools for marketing teams”

AI engines named you in 4 of 50 answers to this question. The 2 brands named most both appear on comparison pages the engines cite. You have none.

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Reply on Reddit: “What do you use to track brand mentions in ChatGPT?”

Perplexity cites this thread in 6 of its 50 answers to this question. xSeek is not in it.

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Get listed · g2.com·Medium

Create an account on g2.com to get listed

g2.com is cited in 9 answers to this question. Its category page lists the 2 competitors named most, not you.

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How do I get cited by ChatGPT?

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Leader: Competitor B23
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Answer: “How do I get cited by ChatGPT?”

ChatGPT answers this with how-to guides from 3 other sites. None of your pages answers it in one place.

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Best GEO tool for agencies?

22%of 36 runs named you
You22%
Leader: Competitor A15
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Refresh: Pricing

Agencies ask about client seats and reports. Your pricing page answers neither, so the engines quote the leader’s. Add an FAQ that does.

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The basics

What are AI citations and backlinks?

AI backlinks are links and brand mentions on the third-party pages that AI answer engines pull from when they answer a buyer question. A citation on a page ChatGPT already trusts is worth far more than a dozen links from sites it has never read.

Studies now show brand mentions correlate roughly three times stronger than classic backlinks with getting cited by AI. So the game is not raw link count. It is being present, by name, on the exact sources AI reads.

How xSeek earns them

Find the source. Win the mention. On autopilot.

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We find the sources AI cites

xSeek maps the third-party pages AI names for your topics, and shows where competitors are listed but you are not.

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We find the contact and draft the pitch

For each page we find the right person and write a backlink-exchange email in your voice, ready to send.

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We run the outreach and confirm the win

Send from your own domain, follow up automatically over weeks, and mark it won once we re-crawl the page and see your link live.

Link count vs being cited

AI does not count links. It reads sources.

Classic link building

Volume

Buy a pile of links on sites nobody reads. Fine for a 2015 SEO report, invisible to AI answer engines.

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The sources AI trusts

Get listed and linked on the exact pages AI already cites for your category, so it starts recommending you by name.

One link from a page AI already relies on beats a dozen from sites it has never crawled. xSeek points you at those pages first, then does the outreach to get you on them.

What you get

A backlink exchange built for AI citations. Plus the sources, the plan and the traffic.

  • AI Visibility

    The pages AI cites for your topics

    Next to every answer, the pages each engine cited, sorted: forums, reviews, directories, blogs, your pages.

    See AI Visibility
  • Action Plan

    Directory listings to get

    When the engines read a directory you are missing from, the plan adds the listing to create, with its reason.

    See the Action Plan
  • Action Plan

    Reddit threads to answer

    The plan points to the Reddit threads the engines cite, with a draft reply you post yourself, from your own account.

    See the Action Plan
  • AI Traffic

    AI bots and clicks on your site

    See which AI crawlers read your pages, from GPTBot to ChatGPT-User, and how many people click through from an AI answer.

    See AI Traffic
FAQ

AI citations and backlinks, answered.

What is an AI citation?

An AI citation is any mention of your brand, name or domain on a page an AI answer engine reads and pulls from. AI citations, more than raw backlinks, are what make ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini recommend you by name.

What are AI backlinks?

AI backlinks are links and brand mentions on the pages AI answer engines cite when they recommend tools in your category. Being present on those sources is what turns into an AI citation for your brand.

Do backlinks still matter for AI search?

Yes, but not the way they did. AI weighs citations and mentions on sources it already reads more than raw link volume. The goal is to be cited by name on the specific pages AI pulls from, not to buy links in bulk.

How do I get backlinks for AI search?

Find the third-party pages AI cites for your topics, get listed on them, and earn a link or mention. xSeek finds those pages, finds the contact, drafts the outreach and runs it for you.

What is a backlink exchange?

You link to a publisher from a high-traffic page you own, and they add your brand to their list in return. It is a fast, mutual way to earn a placement on a page AI already trusts.

Does xSeek send the outreach for me?

Yes. Send from your own domain, with automatic threaded follow-ups over several weeks, and it stops the moment they reply so you can take over.

Do I need to be technical?

No. xSeek finds the targets, writes the emails and runs the sequence. You approve and reply when someone is interested.

See who cites your competitors, not you.

Run a free scan of the sources AI trusts in your category, and get your first list of backlink targets.

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