How does Cytd track competitors?
For every tracked question, Cytd analyzes the responses from AI engines and logs which domains are cited.
Any domain that appears as a source in the AI response is recorded and associated with that question.
What are Competitor Citations?
Competitor Citations are the list of external domains that AI engines reference alongside or instead of your domain.
These are grouped together so you can see which competitors are being surfaced in AI-generated answers.
What does this data show?
For each question, Cytd shows:
- How citation distribution varies across AI engines
- Your domain’s citations
- Competitor domains that were also cited
Why is competitor tracking important?
Competitor tracking helps you understand how visibility is shared within AI-generated responses.
It allows you to:
- Compare performance across different questions and engines
- Identify which competitors are most frequently cited
- See where you are losing visibility
What does “winning AI real estate” mean?
“AI real estate” refers to how often a domain is included in AI-generated answers.
Domains that are cited more frequently are considered to have stronger visibility for that topic or question.
In simple terms
Cytd tracks competitors by recording every domain AI engines cite for each question, then grouping them so you can see who is getting the most visibility in AI responses.