The CitationLab Chrome Extension and three things you can use it for

Much of the work on visibility happens while you are looking at a web page: your own, a competitor's, or a source the AI models cite. The CitationLab Chrome Extension takes Manager with you there. You can analyze the page you are on, see your project data for it, and add tasks without switching windows.

The short version: Install the extension, connect it to your account with an API key, and open it with Alt+Shift+C on any page.

Install the extension

Add the CitationLab Chrome Extension from the Chrome Web Store. Once it is installed, pin it to the toolbar so it is easy to reach. If you want to know more about what the extension does, you will find the full overview on the Chrome extension page.

Connect it to your account

• In Manager, go to Settings and API and create a new API key.
• Open the extension, go to its settings and paste the key.
• Click Connect. The extension loads your projects, and you are ready.

Treat the API key like a password. It gives access to your account.

Three things you can use it for

1. Analyze any page

Open the extension on a page and you get a full review: content, indexing, structured data, social tags, images, links, HTTP headers, cookies, tracking and consent. The extension also finds files made for AI, such as llms.txt and ai.json, and shows how the content is split into chunks the AI models can use.

This works just as well on your competitors' pages as on your own. If a competitor or a source is cited often in the AI Monitor module, you can open the page and see how it is built.

2. See your project data where you are

When you are on a page on your own website, the extension shows data from your project for that exact page: keywords, performance, audits, URL analysis and AI visibility. You do not have to look it up in Manager.

3. Turn findings into tasks

If you see something that should be fixed, press Alt+Shift+A and add it as an action in the project right away. The task then lands in Manager and gets followed up. The extension also has a UTM builder, so you can create tracking links to the page you are on.

Keyboard shortcuts

• Alt+Shift+C: open the extension
• Alt+Shift+A: add an action
• Alt+Shift+S: add a comment
• Alt+Shift+R: report a bug

Chrome does not always set the shortcuts automatically, for example when another extension already uses the same combination. If a shortcut does not work, open chrome://extensions/shortcuts and choose the combination yourself.

Tips

• Open the three sources cited most often in the AI Monitor module, and check their structured data and content chunking. Compare them with your own matching page.
• Use Alt+Shift+A every time you see something that should be fixed. Small findings that get written down get fixed.
• Check whether your website has an llms.txt. The extension shows it right away.

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