Community & Third-Party Presence
60% of AI citations go to sites you don't own. Are you on any of them?
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The Problem
- Reddit is the most-cited source in Google AI Overviews, at 21% of all citations. YouTube is second at nearly 19%.
- 60% of AI Overview citations point to third-party publishers such as Reddit, Quora, Yelp, Thumbtack and HomeGuide, not to business websites.
- Google now surfaces Reddit threads as Community Perspectives inside local results.
- Most local businesses have no presence on any of these platforms, so AI has no independent evidence they exist.
What We Do
- Audit where your business is mentioned, where competitors are, and where you are absent
- Genuine participation in relevant local and industry subreddits — answers, not adverts
- Quora and community Q&A contributions targeting the questions people actually search
- Accurate, complete listings on the directories AI cites for your category
- YouTube presence built from your video content, optimised so it is citable
- Monthly tracking of third-party mentions and which AI answers they feed
Why It Matters
- AI systems trust third-party mentions precisely because the business does not control them.
- A single accurate thread recommending you can be cited across thousands of AI answers.
- This is the fastest-growing gap between businesses that get recommended and businesses that do not.
Questions
- Why does Reddit affect whether AI recommends my business?
- Reddit is the most-cited source in Google AI Overviews, at about 21% of all citations, and Google now surfaces Reddit threads as Community Perspectives inside local results. When someone asks an AI for a recommendation, a genuine mention of your business in a relevant local thread is one of the strongest signals it can find.
- Isn't this just posting ads on Reddit?
- No, and doing that gets a business banned. Community presence means genuinely useful participation: answering questions in local and industry subreddits, contributing to Quora threads people actually search, and ensuring your business is accurately listed on the directories AI cites, such as Yelp, Thumbtack, HomeGuide and Nextdoor.
- Which third-party sites matter most?
- In 2026, 60% of AI Overview citations point to third-party publishers rather than business websites. The ones that matter most are Reddit, YouTube, Quora, Yelp and the leading directory for your industry. We audit where you are absent and build presence there first.
- How is this different from social media management?
- Social media management grows your own channels. Community presence builds mentions of your business on other people's platforms — the third-party evidence AI systems trust precisely because you do not control it.
Find out where AI is looking for you — and not finding you.
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