# AI Overview Citation Checker: Where Google's AI Cites a Site

**Use case:** 

See which Google searches cite a website in Google's AI Overviews. Enter any domain or page and get every keyword where it's referenced, with search volume, CPC, difficulty, intent and the cited URL. Check your own visibility in AI search, or see which competitor pages Google's AI relies on. Pay per keyword, no subscription.

## Input

```json
{
  "mode": "keywords",
  "targets": [
    "healthline.com"
  ],
  "location": "United States",
  "maxKeywordsPerTarget": 100,
  "maxCompetitors": 20,
  "sortBy": "traffic",
  "gapType": "missing",
  "resultType": "ai_overview_reference",
  "maxPosition": 100,
  "minSearchVolume": 0,
  "brandKeywords": "auto",
  "excludeTopDomains": true
}
```

## Output

```json
{
  "target": {
    "label": "Domain or page",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "keyword": {
    "label": "Keyword",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "competitor": {
    "label": "Competitor domain",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "position": {
    "label": "Position",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "positionChange": {
    "label": "Position change",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "estimatedTraffic": {
    "label": "Estimated monthly visits",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "searchVolume": {
    "label": "Monthly searches",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "cpc": {
    "label": "CPC (USD)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "keywordDifficulty": {
    "label": "Keyword difficulty (0-100)",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "searchIntent": {
    "label": "Main search intent",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "url": {
    "label": "Ranking URL",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "sharedKeywords": {
    "label": "Shared keywords",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "competitorEstimatedTraffic": {
    "label": "Competitor est. monthly visits",
    "format": "number"
  },
  "resultType": {
    "label": "Ranking type",
    "format": "string"
  },
  "found": {
    "label": "Ranked keyword",
    "format": "boolean"
  },
  "note": {
    "label": "Note",
    "format": "string"
  }
}
```

## How it works

### 1. Sign up on Apify or log in

The Competitor Keywords, Keyword Gap & Competitor Finder Actor is ready to run with the inputs already set for "AI Overview Citation Checker: Where Google's AI Cites a Site". [Sign up or log in](https://console.apify.com/create-task-from-example/xTK3vZ45LH6VSic4d) and you'll land in Apify Console with a copy of this exact task.

### 2. Start the "AI Overview Citation Checker: Where Google's AI Cites a Site" task

The Competitor Keywords, Keyword Gap & Competitor Finder Actor will start running based on the input automatically. You can also change all the input fields, like what to find, domains or page urls, and more, to match your specific use case.

### 3. Receive the "AI Overview Citation Checker: Where Google's AI Cites a Site" output

Monitor the progress in real time. You will be notified as soon as your dataset is complete and ready for review. Each result includes data such as domain or page, keyword, competitor domain, and more.

### 4. Integrate into your workflow

The final output is delivered in JSON, CSV, or Excel format, ready to be plugged into your workflow. You can also [run the "AI Overview Citation Checker: Where Google's AI Cites a Site" task via API](https://apify.com/pravus/competitor-keywords.md).

## About this Actor

This example demonstrates how to use [Competitor Keywords, Keyword Gap & Competitor Finder](https://apify.com/pravus/competitor-keywords.md) with a specific input configuration. Visit the [Actor detail page](https://apify.com/pravus/competitor-keywords.md) to learn more, explore other use cases, and run it yourself.


## How to integrate an Actor?

This Task's input is already configured above. Use it as-is rather than inventing a new one.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For full API examples (JavaScript, Python, CLI, MCP, OpenAPI), see this Task's Actor page: https://apify.com/pravus/competitor-keywords.md

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).