Free Citation Source Planner: Where should my brand be cited? Plan Credible Sources for Your Brand
Enter your business name, town, and what your business does. The free check identifies the third party sources that would genuinely add weight to what is known about your business, with the reason each one fits.
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Enter the details below. Review your initial findings before creating an account.
- Free, and no card. You see your score and your most serious findings without an account.
- Usually under a minute. We read what is published about your business right now.
- You read it as it works. Each section opens the moment it is ready and names its sources.
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Citation Source Plan
Read each section the moment it opens. Your full result opens by itself at the end.
1. Public sources
What independent sources say about your business.
Searching directories, review platforms, and the wider web now.
2. Your score and findings
Your score, a direct answer, and the most serious findings.
Starts as soon as Public sources is ready.
Your result is ready
Your full result is one step away.
You have the score, the direct answer, and the most serious missing listings we found. Creating your free account opens the rest, with the next steps in one place.
- 0 more missing listings we found and have not shown you yet.
- What to do about every single one, written so you or your own team could act on it tomorrow.
- A ranked order of work, 0 steps sorted by what each one is worth against how long it takes.
- Every source we read, 0 of them, so you can check any line yourself.
- Keep your result in your account, so you can return to it and choose your next step.
Create your free account
Save your full result and come back to it when you need it.
Free account, no card, and you can delete it whenever you want. Already have one? Sign in and your result will be waiting for you.
Would you rather we did it?
Your result above is yours to act on, and plenty of people do exactly that. If you would rather hand it over, this is the work that resolves what the check found.
- AI Answer PR Outreach Campaign. We run the outreach for you, targeting the sources AI engines quote, so your business earns citations rather than waiting for them.
- 6 separate steps, each one appearing in your portal with its own due date, so you can watch it happen without chasing anybody.
- 45 days from the moment you approve it.
- 4 named deliverables at the end, listed in full before you agree to anything.
- Nothing is billed until you have seen the full scope and the price and approved them.
The price sits in your portal beside the full scope, the steps and the delivery date, with an approval step before anything is billed. Prefer to talk it through? Call +1 (510) 399-5523.
Quick answer
Which credible third-party sources could strengthen the evidence surrounding my brand?
The Citation Source Plan is a free citation source planner from AI Search Rankings. It identifies credible third party sources for your business, including industry publications, associations, resource pages that already list businesses like yours, podcast and expert source opportunities, local media, and industry citation sources, each with the reason it fits. The viable opportunities, each with the specific reason that source is relevant to your business. You can run it free right now, with no account and no payment.
- We show our working. Every finding names the source it came from and the date we observed it, so you can check it rather than take our word for it.
- One recommendation, not a catalogue. This check maps to one specific piece of work, decided in advance, so the finding chooses the recommendation.
- We say when nothing is wrong. If this check finds no meaningful problem, it recommends nothing at all.
What we look at
The 6 things the Citation Source Planner examines
Nothing here is guesswork. Each item is read from what is genuinely published about your business right now.
- 1Publications relevant to your industry.
- 2Associations and professional organizations.
- 3Resource pages that already list businesses like yours.
- 4Podcast and expert source opportunities.
- 5Local media in your service area.
- 6Industry references and citation sources.
When to use it
When the Citation Source Planner helps most
- Thin evidence about you. Use it when little is published about your business outside your own website.
- Choosing where to spend outreach. Use it to focus outreach on sources that are relevant, before the slow work of contacting them.
- Entering a new category. Use it when you add a service or market, so the right sources know about the change.
What you get
The viable opportunities, each with the specific reason that source is relevant to your business.
Your next step
A clear path from finding an issue to fixing it.
Create your free account to review the service behind Citation Source Plan. See the scope and price in your portal before you decide.
The work: AI Answer PR Outreach Campaign, delivered as 6 separate steps over 45 days, each one visible in your portal.
- Review the work and delivery plan.
- Keep your project and approvals in one place.
- Approve a price before anything is billed.
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Before you decide
Questions about the Citation Source Planner
What is a citation source?
A citation source is a credible third party that mentions or lists your business, such as an industry association, a trade publication, a resource page, or local media. These references add independent evidence to what your own website says.
Do citations still matter for local and AI search?
Consistent, credible references give search engines and AI engines independent evidence to confirm who you are and what you do. The free planner shows which sources are worth pursuing for your business.
What exactly does the Citation Source Plan look at?
We identify the sources that would genuinely add weight to what is known about your business. Specifically, it checks publications relevant to your industry, associations and professional organizations, and 4 other things listed in full on this page. The viable opportunities, each with the specific reason that source is relevant to your business.
Can I run this right now?
Yes. It is free, it needs no account and no payment, and it usually takes under a minute. You get the real result for your own business, not a sample.
Why does this matter to my revenue?
Research is not the same as a mention. The remaining work is the outreach itself, which is slow, repetitive, and the reason most businesses never do it.
What happens if I ask you to handle it?
We deliver AI Answer PR Outreach Campaign as 6 separate steps over 45 days, and every step appears in your portal with its own due date so you can watch it happen without chasing anyone. You receive 4 named deliverables at the end. Nothing is billed until you have seen the full scope and approved the price.
What do you need from me?
Only what we cannot find ourselves: approval of the angles before anything is sent in your name. We gather everything else from what is already published about your business.
Why can I not see the price on this page?
Because a number on its own tells you very little. Create your free account and the price appears in your portal, sitting beside the full scope, the steps, the deliverables, and the delivery date, with an approval step before anything is billed. There is no card and no charge to create the account.
Will this guarantee that AI recommends my business?
No, and you should be careful with anyone who says it will. Nobody controls what an AI engine says. What can be controlled is the accuracy, completeness, and consistency of the evidence those systems read about you, and that is the work we do. We reply within 24 hours, and our working day is Monday to Friday, 9am to 6pm Pacific Time.
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