Citation Readiness Checker
Enter a page's address to run the eight checks Citepoint runs on its own pages, from a direct answer up front to cited sources.
Guide
Is your page ready to be quoted by AI?
What AI engines look for in a page
AI engines quote pages that answer the question early and back the answer up. They lift a short answer from the opening lines, compare options from a table, and trust claims that link to sources. A page can rank on Google and still never be quoted if its answer is buried.
The eight checks
A title and meta description short enough to show in full. A direct answer in the first paragraph, in 70 words or fewer. A comparison table. At least 900 words, enough to cover the question. Three or more FAQs. Three or more outside sources. And a date and an author, so readers and engines can tell the page is current and who stands behind it.
Ready isn't the same as cited
Passing tells you a page is ready. Whether AI cites it depends on the question, the competition and the sites that mention you. Citepoint asks the question on five AI engines every day and shows whether your page is the one they use.
Questions
Good to know.
Why 70 words for the opening?
Engines quote a sentence or two. An answer that fits in the first paragraph can be lifted whole. One spread over several paragraphs usually isn't.
Does every page need a comparison table?
Pages that answer best-for and versus questions do, since engines build their comparisons from them. A how-to page can do without one.
Why can't it read my page?
The checker reads the page as a crawler does, without running JavaScript. If your copy only appears once scripts run, most AI crawlers can't read it either.
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