Which sites keep coming up?
See the sites cited in your saved answers, how often they appear and which AI platforms cite them. Give your channel research a concrete starting point.
AnswerSift AI Citation Tracking
See which sources AI cites.
Know where to focus next.
Planning product reviews, industry content or brand partnerships? Start with the websites AI already cites when people ask about products like yours.
Set up the keywords you care about, then use AI as you normally would. On sites where you enable tracking, AnswerSift saves matching conversations and available sources as you browse, giving you evidence to guide your research.
Chrome extension · Install from the Chrome Web Store
From the AI tools you use,
build a source library over time
ChatGPT
Gemini
Claude
Perplexity
Doubao
DeepSeekStart with the question
Which websites deserve a closer look?
AI recommendations depend on what people ask. Different products and questions can lead to very different sources.
What question did they answer?
Revisit the original question, saved answer and cited sources to see how the content relates to your product and your customers’ needs.
Where should you focus first?
Review each site’s content, audience and verifiable partnership options before prioritizing reviews, content projects or outreach.
Get started
Set up once. Collect sources as you use AI.
Spend less time copying links and maintaining a source spreadsheet by hand.
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Install and sign in
Install AnswerSift from the Chrome Web Store and sign in.
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Create a watchlist
Name your group and add product or industry keywords. Brand names, aliases and websites are optional.
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Enable site tracking
Turn on tracking for the AI sites you use and grant access to those sites.
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Ask and explore
Use your enabled AI sites. Matching conversations are added to your watchlist as you browse.
Example watchlistsOne product focus.
One product focus.
A clearer set of sources.
Create separate watchlists for different product lines. For research in another language, add keywords people use in that market.
Home espresso English keywords
home espresso machineespresso machinebeginner espresso machine
Home espresso in Japan Japanese keywords
家庭用エスプレッソマシン初心者 エスプレッソマシン
The default rule matches any keyword. Use terms people actually search with; a long list is not the goal. Watchlists match content, not language, so overlapping keywords can put one conversation in several groups.
Inside AnswerSift
From source patterns to the pages behind them
Explore the websites AI cites, the pages it references and the answers they appear in.
See how often each website appears in your captured answers, and find sources worth a closer look.
Compare citation counts, conversations and pages for each website, alongside the AI platforms that cite it.
Open a source website to see its cited pages, then follow the trail back to the relevant answers.
Look at the evidence
Every citation
has a context.
A citation alone tells only part of the story. Look at the question it appeared in and the claim it supported before deciding what it means for your business.
Open a saved record to review the question, answer and sources, then assess whether the content is relevant to your brand or product.
A brand mention is different from a link to your website. A retrieved source may never appear as a citation in the final answer.
Brand mentions
Whether an answer names your tracked brand or an alias.
Answer citations
Websites and pages explicitly cited in the final answer.
Retrieved sources
Search sources available on the page, including those not cited in the final answer.
Other links
Other links are kept separate so they are not mistaken for answer citations.
Turn research into decisions
From cited sources to a practical shortlist
Treat frequently cited websites as leads to investigate, then assess what each could offer.
Does it address a real customer need?
Which questions bring this site up repeatedly? Are those questions close to what your potential customers need to know?
Is it a good fit for your product?
Is it a publication, independent reviewer, specialist community or brand website? Consider both its format and its audience.
Is there a realistic next step?
Look for verifiable submission, review or partnership options. Consider which content approaches are worth learning from.
This site appeared repeatedly in our saved AI answers about this product. Its content is relevant to our customers, so it is worth evaluating first.
Review over time
Spot changes. Revisit your priorities.
Filter by AI platform, watchlist and date to explore how sources vary. When comparing periods, account for differences in questions, platforms and sample size.
Analysis and backupCSV analysis / JSON backup
Export CSV for further analysis. Export a JSON backup from data management in Settings.
Before you start
Frequently asked questions
Understand what is recorded and what the data can tell you.
Does AnswerSift record all my chats?
No. After setup, it collects content that matches your watchlist rules on AI sites where you have enabled tracking and granted access, along with sources available on those pages.
Do I need to add a brand or website?
No. Start with a group name and product or industry keywords. Brands, aliases and websites are optional. Brands and aliases also help match conversations; websites let you review related results within saved answers.
How are citations counted?
Counts are deduplicated by answer: several citations of the same website in one answer count once. The totals describe your saved sample, not all answers across a platform or its users.
Will finding these sources get AI to recommend my product?
These sources can guide your content and channel research, but they do not guarantee a brand mention or product recommendation. Retrieved and cited content is only one input to an answer; citations alone do not explain every recommendation.
Can I research different products and languages separately?
Yes. Create separate watchlists with keywords for each product and language. Matching is based on content, with no automatic language separation. A conversation containing overlapping keywords can appear in more than one group.
AnswerSift · AI Citation Tracking
Make your next AI conversation
a starting point for better research.
Create a product watchlist and start building a source library you can return to.
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