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How to check AI citations

Review answers, sources, and factual citations with a repeatable method.

Use these steps as a working checklist and adapt them to the project’s evidence, scope, and constraints.

Practical steps

  • Choose audience questions without naming your brand.
  • Record the exact question, model, region, language, and date.
  • Save the complete answer and the URL of every page named.
  • Check whether each source really supports the quotation or claim.
  • Distinguish a mention from a recommendation, then repeat the measurement on the same sample.

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