What you are seeing
AI answer engines never cite the site as a source.
The site is not surfaced as a grounded source in AI answers, so it earns no AI-driven visibility or referral.
Severity & business impact
Critical severity
No citations in AI answers means zero share of the fast-growing generative search channel, leaving that entire audience to competitors.
Symptoms
- Zero citations in AI answers
- Content not in retrieval
- Competitors cited instead
Likely causes
- Not citable / not answer-first
- Blocked AI crawlers
- Weak authority
- Thin corroboration
Recommended first actions
- Test priority prompts across the major AI engines to confirm you are absent
- Identify which sources the engines cite and pursue placement in them
- Publish clear, extractable, well-structured content that AI models can quote
Recommended response
Recommended next steps
Where this fits - and what's next
The SearchScore path from a problem you feel to visibility you can measure.