ai-search-monitoring
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AI Search Monitoring
You can't optimize what you don't measure. AI search monitoring tracks how often — and how accurately — AI engines cite your brand when users ask queries you should own. This is fundamentally different from SEO monitoring. Google Search Console doesn't track AI citations. Rank trackers don't show Perplexity results. You need a separate monitoring stack.
Most SaaS companies discover they're invisible in AI search because they never checked. By the time they notice, competitors have been cited for months and are entrenched. Start monitoring before you start optimizing.
What to Monitor
The four metrics that matter
| Metric | Definition | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Citation rate | % of target queries where your brand is cited as a source | The primary AEO KPI. Are you being cited at all? |
| Citation accuracy | % of citations where the AI's answer about you is factually correct | Being cited with wrong info is worse than not being cited |
| Share of voice | Your citation count vs. competitors across the same query set | Relative position matters. If a competitor is cited 3x more, they're winning |
| Citation retention | % of citations maintained month-over-month | Measures whether you're holding position or losing ground |