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Source type classification
Autessa Visibility classifies every cited domain by source type: You, Competitor, UGC and social, Reviews, Reference, Corporate or Editorial. Citations by source type shows where the engines get their information about your category, following the conventions AEO tools use.
The problem
A list of domains does not tell you what to do
A strategy for Reddit threads is different from one for review sites or trade publications. Typing every source turns a long list into a plan: if reviews dominate, work on reviews; if UGC dominates, join the conversation.
What you get
- You: your own domain. Competitor: a domain matching a tracked competitor’s name.
- UGC and social: communities like Reddit, Quora, YouTube, LinkedIn, Medium, Stack Overflow, GitHub and Product Hunt.
- Reviews: sites like G2, Capterra, Trustpilot, Gartner, TrustRadius and Glassdoor.
- Reference: sites like Wikipedia, Britannica and Investopedia.
- Corporate (other companies’ sites) and Editorial (publishers) classified by AI.
- A stacked chart of citations by source type.
How it works
How does source type classification work?
Known domains
Your domain, competitors and well-known communities, review sites and references are typed by rule.
The rest
Remaining domains are classified as publishers or other companies’ own sites.
Chart
Citations by source type shows the mix; every table carries a type tag.
Every option
Source types
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| You | Your brand’s domain or a subdomain. |
| Competitor | A domain whose name matches a tracked competitor. |
| UGC & social | Community and social platforms. |
| Reviews | Review and rating sites. |
| Reference | Encyclopedias and references. |
| Corporate | Other companies’ own sites. |
| Editorial | Publishers, blogs and media. |
Permissions
Who can do what?
| Role | Can |
|---|---|
| Your team (people the app is shared with) | View source types and filter tables by them. |
Visibility is shared with your team through Autessa’s sharing. Everyone it is shared with works from the same brands, prompts and results. Security and data handling →
✦ AI assist
Where AI helps, and where it doesn’t
Domains that are not known by rule are classified by AI as Corporate or Editorial.
Scores, positions, citations and ranks are always computed by the app from the answer text, never by an AI.
Connected
How it connects to the rest of Visibility
FAQ
Questions about source type classification
Which kinds of sites do AI assistants cite most?
It varies by category. Autessa Visibility shows your category’s exact mix, from editorial and reviews to Reddit and Wikipedia, in citations by source type.
How are competitor domains recognized?
By matching the domain name to the names of your tracked competitors.
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