{"id":192401,"date":"2025-10-30T09:30:19","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T14:30:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/?p=192401"},"modified":"2025-12-22T15:47:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T20:47:29","slug":"llm-citations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ahrefs.com\/blog\/llm-citations\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Earn LLM Citations to Build Traffic & Authority"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ask ChatGPT, \u201cHow much does SEO cost?\u201d and you\u2019ll likely see Ahrefs cited as a source. Ask Claude about email marketing benchmarks, and Mailchimp\u2019s data appears. Search Perplexity for project management tips, and Asana\u2019s guides get referenced.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

At first glance, it looks like only big brands get cited in AI answers. In the top 10 cited domains across all major LLMs, you\u2019ll find sites like Wikipedia, Reddit, Mayoclinic, Quora, Healthline, and Amazon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But these brands aren\u2019t cited just because they\u2019re famous. They\u2019re cited because their content hits specific marks, which I\u2019ll explain in this article.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The real question isn\u2019t whether you can outdo Wikipedia on broad topics. It\u2019s whether you can become the trusted expert in your specific niche\u2014the source that language models rely on when people ask about your field.<\/p>\n\n\n

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