[GUIDE] How I Grew My App's AI Visibility From Zero to 800+ Citations in Under 4 Months

I would stay corrected here.
I find reddit much easier than linkedin.
I had no problem doing it on reddit today but with LinkedIn, I'm not sure how to proceed.


It’s pretty straight forward with lindkeln , You just need to use the article option .

Here is a short video ;
 
This is the part a lot of people miss imo, the citations alone are just a proxy signal. We tested something kinda similar for a small SaaS last year and the lift showed up more in branded searches first, then direct traffic, not clean “ChatGPT referral” traffic. So if anyone tries this, I’d track brand mentions/search volume and onboarding “how did you find us” answers too, otherwise it looks like nothing is happening for weeks. @Topiano curious if you kept the product name wording same across all posts or let writers vary it a bit?
 
This is the part a lot of people miss imo, the citations alone are just a proxy signal. We tested something kinda similar for a small SaaS last year and the lift showed up more in branded searches first, then direct traffic, not clean “ChatGPT referral” traffic. So if anyone tries this, I’d track brand mentions/search volume and onboarding “how did you find us” answers too, otherwise it looks like nothing is happening for weeks. @Topiano curious if you kept the product name wording same across all posts or let writers vary it a bit?

While how you found us, could be really cool feature, you solely depend on humans to give you that data. Use tools like AppsFlyer with their one-link system; it's free. That directly tells you the source of the traffic.

Oh yeah, the product name needs to stay the same all through. The bigger the name gets reinforced, the more LLM engines build trust around it.
 
It’s pretty straight forward with lindkeln , You just need to use the article option .

Here is a short video ;
Sorry, it's just I don't want to use my real LinkedIn account.
With reddit, nobody knows who I am...
 
Sorry, it's just I don't want to use my real LinkedIn account.
With reddit, nobody knows who I am...


I get that, working with people who are willing too. The model was successful because I have access to people who are willing at a very affordable pricing, so it makes the model scalable.
 
the medium accounts, were they aged? Or brand new accounts?

Also the people making the articles did you have to edit the article after they finish? Or they post whatever they think is good?
 
Just found this gem. Awesome share.

In my opinion, the majority of the people using the Internet, will surely get more used to searching with AI.
 
the medium accounts, were they aged? Or brand new accounts?

Also the people making the articles did you have to edit the article after they finish? Or they post whatever they think is good?


Don’t edit let them post natural . Take all the links and have them on an indexer
 
The part about not editing writers too much makes sense, but I’d still check for obvious AI tells and wrong competitor claims before it goes live. For the name consistency thing, yeah brand name should stay exact, but the surrounding phrasing should vary a lot imo, otherwise you end up with 80 posts saying basically the same “best app for X because Y” and that footprint is ugly. For indexing, I wouldn’t blast everything same day either... drip the links, mix with internal links/social shares, then only push the ones that don’t get picked up naturally. This is one of those plays where looking slightly messy is better than looking perfectly managed.
 
Could you provide me this as a service? I just don't have the time to manage it all, let me know u can DM me.
 
are linkedin post mention or put url to main website?


I'm trying to understand what you meant here. Do you mean the LinkedIn post gets the website mentioned? If that's the case, yes, it is.
 
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AUG UPDATE: Domain upgrade, yet the AI visibility growth continued

Quick update from Aug

A few people asked whether this kind of growth only works while the domain is small, or whether things slow down once the authority profile changes.

So, here is the interesting part.

We upgraded the domain profile during this period.

DR moved from 15 to 17.
UR is now 8.
Referring domains increased to 455, up 241.
Live backlinks are now 572, up 295.
Our Ahrefs Rank also moved up by more than 1.4 million positions.

And despite the domain upgrade and the usual fluctuation that comes with it, the AI visibility side kept moving.

At the moment, we are showing:

  • 925 total AI responses
  • 123 pages appearing across AI platforms
  • 113 Google AI Overview responses
  • 41 pages cited inside AI Overviews
The platform split is where it gets more interesting:

  • Perplexity: 366 responses, up 178
  • ChatGPT: 164 responses
  • Gemini: 83 responses, up 64
  • Copilot: 73 responses, up 41
  • Google AI Mode: 126 responses
Now, Google AI Mode and ChatGPT dropped compared with the previous snapshot. That is completely normal.

REMEMBER,

AI visibility is not a straight line.

The engines constantly refresh results, swap sources, re-evaluate pages and test different answers. One week ChatGPT may show 300+ mentions, the following week it can be lower, then come back again.

The important metric is not one isolated platform on one day.

The important thing is:

Are more pages appearing?
Are more platforms picking up the brand?
Is the total footprint growing over time?


In this case, yes.

The biggest result for me is Perplexity.

Perplexity added another 178 responses, and the number of pages it is pulling from also increased. Gemini and Copilot are also moving in the right direction.

That tells me the content distribution is still doing its job.

The domain got stronger, but we did not stop the core process:

  • Keep publishing useful, research-led content on the main site
  • Keep building comparison-style pages, roundups and FAQs
  • Keep finding citation gaps from competitors
  • Keep pushing unique mentions from relevant external sources
  • Keep monitoring which pages and platforms are actually picking us up

MOST of all, do not panic when one platform drops.

A temporary drop in AI responses does not mean the strategy stopped working. It usually means the index is moving around.

The real win is having visibility spread across multiple engines rather than relying on one platform only.

We will keep doing the same thing, and I will drop another update once we have a longer data window.

The original playbook remains the same: build the foundation, create enough unique topical signals, track the gaps, and let the engines repeatedly see your brand in the right context.
 
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AUG UPDATE: Domain upgrade, yet the AI visibility growth continued

Quick update from Aug

A few people asked whether this kind of growth only works while the domain is small, or whether things slow down once the authority profile changes.

So, here is the interesting part.

We upgraded the domain profile during this period.

DR moved from 15 to 17.
UR is now 8.
Referring domains increased to 455, up 241.
Live backlinks are now 572, up 295.
Our Ahrefs Rank also moved up by more than 1.4 million positions.

And despite the domain upgrade and the usual fluctuation that comes with it, the AI visibility side kept moving.

At the moment, we are showing:

  • 925 total AI responses
  • 123 pages appearing across AI platforms
  • 113 Google AI Overview responses
  • 41 pages cited inside AI Overviews
The platform split is where it gets more interesting:

  • Perplexity: 366 responses, up 178
  • ChatGPT: 164 responses
  • Gemini: 83 responses, up 64
  • Copilot: 73 responses, up 41
  • Google AI Mode: 126 responses
Now, Google AI Mode and ChatGPT dropped compared with the previous snapshot. That is completely normal.

REMEMBER,

AI visibility is not a straight line.

The engines constantly refresh results, swap sources, re-evaluate pages and test different answers. One week ChatGPT may show 300+ mentions, the following week it can be lower, then come back again.

The important metric is not one isolated platform on one day.

The important thing is:

Are more pages appearing?
Are more platforms picking up the brand?
Is the total footprint growing over time?


In this case, yes.

The biggest result for me is Perplexity.

Perplexity added another 178 responses, and the number of pages it is pulling from also increased. Gemini and Copilot are also moving in the right direction.

That tells me the content distribution is still doing its job.

The domain got stronger, but we did not stop the core process:

  • Keep publishing useful, research-led content on the main site
  • Keep building comparison-style pages, roundups and FAQs
  • Keep finding citation gaps from competitors
  • Keep pushing unique mentions from relevant external sources
  • Keep monitoring which pages and platforms are actually picking us up

MOST of all, do not panic when one platform drops.

A temporary drop in AI responses does not mean the strategy stopped working. It usually means the index is moving around.

The real win is having visibility spread across multiple engines rather than relying on one platform only.

We will keep doing the same thing, and I will drop another update once we have a longer data window.

The original playbook remains the same: build the foundation, create enough unique topical signals, track the gaps, and let the engines repeatedly see your brand in the right context.
Thanks for the update. This is an indication that the method truly does work and can be replicated.
 
Thanks for the update. This is an indication that the method truly does work and can be replicated.

Yes, it really does, especially when you keep up the process month on month. It does, and how it all adds up at the end of the day
 
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