AnswerSift
AI citation tracking for product and brand research
When you are preparing to invest in media reviews, industry content, or brand partnerships, AnswerSift helps you gather source leads from everyday AI conversations and decide which channels to investigate first. Set up product or industry keywords, and add brands and websites as needed. Once set up, simply ask questions and browse supported AI websites as usual. AnswerSift quietly records the questions and answers that match your interests and shows you which websites are frequently cited as sources in those answers.
From AI Citation Tracking to Better Channel Research
Discover Frequently Cited Websites
See which domains appear in your saved answers and on which AI platforms. A website is counted once per answer, even when that answer cites it several times.
Review the Question Behind Each Citation
Return to the saved question, answer, and source references. Understand the context before deciding whether a review site, community, or publication is relevant to your customers.
Keep Brand Mentions and Sources Separate
A brand mention is not a citation of its website. AnswerSift distinguishes answer citations, retrieved sources, and ordinary links, so you can assess what each record actually shows.
Compare Sources Over Time
Filter by watch group, AI platform, and date to investigate changing source patterns. Compare similar questions, platforms, and sample sizes before drawing conclusions.
Set Up Once. Build Evidence as You Browse.
- Install AnswerSift and sign in to your account.
- Create a watch group with a name and product or industry keywords. Add brands, aliases, and websites if useful.
- Enable tracking for the AI websites you use and grant the requested access.
- Continue your usual research. Review matching records in the panel or cloud workspace, export CSV, or create a JSON backup.
Include category names, product names or models, and common use cases. Keywords match on an “any keyword” basis by default; brand names and aliases also participate in matching. Websites help you evaluate references within collected answers. AnswerSift does not indiscriminately save every chat.
Supported entry points include ChatGPT, Gemini web conversations, Claude, Perplexity, DeepSeek, Doubao, and adapted Google AI Overviews and AI Mode pages. Check the extension’s platform settings for available entry points; capture and source availability vary by platform and require authorization.
Research Each Product and Market in Context
An espresso machine and a coffee grinder may lead AI to different review sites. Create separate watch groups for each product or product line to investigate sources relevant to that specific buying decision.
For multilingual research, use separate groups with the terms customers actually use in each language. Groups match content; they do not automatically detect or isolate languages. Overlapping keywords or bilingual answers can match more than one group.
Evaluate frequently cited websites for topic relevance, audience fit, and verifiable editorial or review opportunities. If competitors’ own websites dominate your sample, study how they explain their products. Citation frequency is a research lead, not proof that a placement will influence an AI recommendation.
Evidence for GEO, AEO, and AI Visibility Research
Use observed sources to inform generative engine optimization (GEO), answer engine optimization (AEO), and LLMO research. Connect brand monitoring to the questions and websites behind your sample, then prioritize content and outreach based on relevance.
Results describe the answers you collect, not an AI platform’s complete index or every reason it recommends a product. AnswerSift does not run scheduled prompts or guarantee citations, recommendations, or higher AI visibility.
Pricing
| Plan | Price (USD) | Billing |
|---|---|---|
| Introductory Trial | USD 0.99 | First 7 days |
| Monthly | USD 9.90 | Every month |
| Quarterly | USD 29.00 | Every 3 months |
| Annual | USD 110.00 | Every 12 months |
The introductory offer is for eligible first-time subscribers. Plans renew automatically. Cancel renewal anytime; access continues until the end of the paid billing period. You may request a refund within 7 days of payment.
Before you get started
What does AnswerSift collect?
AnswerSift saves matching questions, answers, and available sources as you browse authorized, enabled AI websites. Keywords and optional brand names or aliases define what matches your watch groups. It does not automatically scan your entire chat history.
How can AI citation tracking guide marketing research?
Review the websites cited in answers to questions relevant to your product. Inspect the original context, audience, and editorial opportunities before prioritizing a channel. Citations offer evidence to investigate, not a guarantee of future AI recommendations.
Can I research different products and languages?
Yes. Create separate watch groups for product lines or language-specific keywords. Groups match content rather than automatically separating languages, so overlapping keywords or bilingual answers may enter multiple groups.
How are website citations counted?
A website is counted once for each collected answer that cites it. Repeated citations of the same website within one answer do not increase that answer’s count. Retrieved sources and brand mentions are assessed separately.
Does AnswerSift improve AI visibility automatically?
No. It supports GEO, AEO, and LLMO research with evidence from your collected sample. It does not run scheduled prompts, change AI answers, or guarantee visibility gains.