The Sources page shows the external websites that AI models cite when responding to your prompts. Understanding which sources are authoritative in your topic area helps you prioritise where to get listed, reviewed, or published.

Full access to Sources is available on PRO and above. On FREE and STARTER, the page shows a teaser preview of the first few sources.

What you see on the Sources page

Your sources vs. competitor sources

The page separates sources into two groups:

  • Where your brand appears - domains where AI responses already cite your brand.
  • Gaps - domains frequently cited in your topic area where your brand is absent but competitors are present.

A coverage bar compares how many sources your brand has versus your top competitors.

High-influence gaps

Sources are scored by influence. Gaps with an influence score of 70 or above are flagged as high-influence - these are the platforms most likely to improve your visibility if you get listed or covered there.

Running a source analysis

If no source data is available yet, click Analyse sources. Mentova uses AI to identify the most-cited domains in your topic area, checks where your brand appears, and maps the gaps.

Source analysis runs asynchronously. You can leave the page and come back - the page will refresh automatically when done.

Acting on source gaps

For each gap source, a Create content button links directly to the Content Engine pre-filled with the source type and domain context. This lets you generate format-appropriate content (e.g. a directory listing for a directory gap, a forum post for a community gap) in one click.

Use Show gaps only toggle to filter the sources table to just the domains where you are missing.

Source settings

Click the settings icon to configure which source categories to include or exclude from your analysis (e.g. skip social platforms, focus on review sites and directories).

Tip: The sources most likely to move your mention rate are those that multiple AI models cite repeatedly. Focus your effort on high-influence gaps before covering lower-priority domains.