Guide
Checklist: get cited in AI answers in 2026
Twelve concrete steps to make your company a cited source in ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews.
AI assistants increasingly answer instead of listing links. This checklist is what we do operationally to make our brands cited sources.
1. Make the answer retrievable
Every page needs a short, direct answer at the top — four sentences at most, no hedging. That is the text models lift.
2. Structure with schema
Organization, Article, FAQPage and BreadcrumbList in a single JSON-LD graph make the entity unambiguous.
3. Build the entity graph
Same name, same address, same sameAs links everywhere. Contradictions hurt trust more than thin content.
4. Measure with a query panel
Define 50–100 non-branded questions, run them on a schedule and log who gets cited.
5. Publish in both languages
Swedish and English versions with correct hreflang help models pick the right variant per market.
Frequently asked
- How long does it take to appear in AI answers?
- Expect 4–12 weeks from the structure being in place until models cite you consistently.