Long-tail guide
How do I check if ChatGPT can cite my site?
You cannot force a citation, but you can check whether the page is public, crawlable, clear, trustworthy and easy to summarise.
Quick answer
Check that the page is not blocked by robots.txt, not marked noindex or nosnippet, has a clear answer to its target question, includes trustworthy site information and uses structured data where it genuinely fits.
Checklist
- The URL returns a clean 200 response.
- Important content is visible in the HTML.
- The page has a title, description, headings and a clear summary.
- Trust pages are linked from the site.
- Related pages reinforce the same topic.