AI Answer Source Analyzer: which websites do AI answers cite?
See which websites AI answers cite for your buyers' questions, and where your business needs to be present.
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Paste whole answers with their links, or just a list of links. Put a line with --- between answers, and start each with a label line such as best dentist in Kothrud | ChatGPT to compare prompts and assistants.
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Copying the sources
We do not ask the AI assistants ourselves. You ask, and paste the exact answer you saw: it is free and it is what your buyers see.
- ChatGPT: copy the answer, then open Sources at the end of it and copy the links.
- Perplexity: copy the answer with its numbered sources.
- Google AI Overviews and AI Mode: copy the text, then each link shown with it (right-click, Copy link address).
- Gemini and Copilot: copy the answer and any source links it shows.
Answers change from run to run, so ask each question more than once, and in more than one assistant.
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Paste AI answers with their sources, upload a file, or try the example: six answers about dentists in Kothrud, Pune.
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About the AI Answer Source Analyzer
AI answers cite other websites as their sources: Practo and Justdial listings, Google Maps, Reddit threads, news articles and your competitors' pages. Ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Google the questions your buyers ask, paste the answers with their sources, and see which sites they cite, how the links split between you, your competitors and third parties, and where your business needs to be present. We do not query the assistants ourselves: you paste the exact answers you saw, so it is free, and the analysis runs in your browser.
How it works
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Step 1
Ask ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini or Google the questions your buyers ask, and copy each answer with its sources. Put a line of three dashes (---) between answers, and a label line such as "best dentist in Kothrud | Perplexity" at the top of each.
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Step 2
Paste the answers, or upload a .txt or .csv file. Add your website, business name, competitors and industry if you like.
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Step 3
See which sites the answers cite, by category, per answer and per assistant, then copy the action list or download the tables as CSV.
Why the sources matter
AI search tools show where an answer came from: Perplexity numbers its citations, ChatGPT shows sources when it searches the web, and Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode show links to supporting pages. If the answers to your buyers' questions keep citing Practo, Justdial or a Reddit thread, a complete and consistent presence there is the place to start, alongside a page on your own site that answers the question directly.
How we count and classify
We read markdown links, numbered source lists, bare links and bare domains, tidy each address (no www., tracking tags or highlight fragments) and group the links by site, handling Indian domains such as .co.in, .gov.in and .ac.in. A link counts once per answer. Sites are sorted into categories from our list of Indian and global platforms, then by rules such as .gov.in for government, and name-based guesses are marked. Every share and count is our measure of the answers you paste.
What this tool cannot do
It cannot see the answers your buyers get: answers change with the wording, the assistant and the moment you ask, and Google says AI Mode and AI Overviews may show different responses and links. It does not open the cited pages, cannot tell whether you are already listed on a site, and cannot promise that a listing gets you cited. Treat the results as a checklist, and repeat the check every month.
Frequently asked questions
Which websites do AI answers use as sources?
It depends on the question, the assistant and the moment you ask. Answers can cite listings such as Google Maps, Practo or Justdial, review sites, forums, news articles and business websites, and the mix differs from one market to another. The only reliable way to know for yours is to check: ask the questions your buyers ask, paste the answers with their sources here, and see which sites come up most.
How do I get my business mentioned in AI answers?
Be present and accurate on the sites the answers already cite, and have a page on your own site that answers the question directly. Claim and complete your listings, keep your name, address and phone the same everywhere, and earn genuine reviews. Google says AI Overviews and AI Mode need nothing beyond normal SEO best practice: a page must be indexed and eligible to show in Search with a snippet.
Why do the sources change every time I ask?
AI answers are written afresh each time, and each assistant searches and chooses sources in its own way. Google says AI Mode and AI Overviews may use different models and techniques, so the responses and links they show will vary. Ask each question two or three times, and in more than one assistant, paste all the answers, and focus on the sites that keep coming up.
Should I create a Wikipedia page for my business?
No. Wikipedia's conflict-of-interest guideline strongly discourages editing articles about yourself or your organisation; instead, you can propose changes on the article's talk page and disclose your connection. Paid editors must disclose who pays them. A company also needs significant coverage in several independent, reliable sources before it qualifies for an article, so earn that coverage first through genuine press and industry recognition.
Does this tool ask ChatGPT or Perplexity for me?
No. There is no free, official way to see the exact answers people get, and answers through the paid APIs can differ from what people see in the apps. You ask the assistant yourself and paste the answer, so the analysis uses exactly what you saw. It runs in your browser: your text is not uploaded to our server or stored by us.
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