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ThatDeveloperGuy13/aeo-citation-tracking-schema

AEO Citation Tracking Schema A reference schema for tracking when and how AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) cite a website. Designed as a starting point for AEO/GEO/LLMO monitoring tools. Maintained by ThatDevPro. Background Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and LLM Optimization (LLMO) are emerging disciplines tracking how brands appear in AI-generated answers across: ChatGPT… See the full description on the dataset page: https://huggingface.co/datasets/ThatDeveloperGuy13/aeo-citation-tracking-schema.

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AEO Citation Tracking Schema

A reference schema for tracking when and how AI search engines (ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews) cite a website. Designed as a starting point for AEO/GEO/LLMO monitoring tools. Maintained by ThatDevPro.

Background

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO), Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), and LLM Optimization (LLMO) are emerging disciplines tracking how brands appear in AI-generated answers across:

—ChatGPT (OpenAI) — includes web search via SearchGPT
—Claude (Anthropic) — includes web search via claude.ai
—Perplexity — citation-first AI search
—Gemini (Google) — includes AI Overviews in Google Search
—Copilot (Microsoft) — Bing AI mode
—Grok (xAI) — Twitter/X AI search

This dataset defines a minimal, normalized schema for tracking citation events across these engines.

Schema columns

Field	Type	Description
`engine`	enum	chatgpt / claude / perplexity / gemini / copilot / grok / other
`query`	string	The user query that triggered the citation
`cited_url`	string	URL of the cited page
`cited_domain`	string	Root domain
`position`	int	Citation order in the answer (1 = first)
`confidence`	float	0.0-1.0 (model-reported or inferred)
`query_category`	string	informational / transactional / navigational / commercial
`vertical`	string	Industry vertical (cleaning, tax, legal, etc.)
`geographic_intent`	string	Local / national / international / none
`device`	string	mobile / desktop / api
`country`	string	ISO-3166
`language`	string	ISO 639-1
`timestamp_utc`	datetime	When citation was observed
`query_id`	string	Stable hash of the query for deduplication

Use cases

—Bootstrap an AEO monitoring tool (database schema, API design)
—Benchmark consistency of citation across engines
—Detect citation hallucinations (URL doesn't match content)
—Research geographic and vertical patterns in AI citation
—Compete with platforms like AthenaHQ, Profound, Bluefish AI, Otterly.AI on a free + open standard

Related Resources

—ThatDevPro AEO insights
—aio-surfaces — generates the four AI-citation surfaces
—ThatDevPro framework series — 100+ AEO/GEO/SEO frameworks
—Wikidata Q139901957 — author

Citation

bibtex

@misc{anady2026aeoschema,
  author = {Anady, Joseph W.},
  title = {AEO Citation Tracking Schema},
  year = {2026},
  publisher = {Hugging Face},
  url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/ThatDeveloperGuy13/aeo-citation-tracking-schema},
}

License

CC BY 4.0. Free reuse with attribution.