Definition
A page an engine shows or reports as the source of what it said. Perplexity and AI Overviews show them; ChatGPT with web search reports them in its response. Being cited is separate from being named.
In the report
Every cited URL in every answer is recorded. The 'sources the engines trust' table lists the domains by how often they were cited for your questions; 'own site cited' is counted separately because being named without being cited means the engine learned you from someone else's page.
How to move it
Get your own page cited by stating the fact the question asks for, near the top, in a sentence. Get cited elsewhere by being on the pages the table lists.
See citation measured on your site
Your website, region and work email. The score appears in about three minutes, and the report is a link you keep.