Traffic to Citations

From Trafficto Citations

...and what tech companies can learn from it.

Marvin Müller · OMR Reviews

A look at OMR.

70,000
Visitors
OMR Festival 2026
600,000
OMR podcast subscribers
9.9bn
Gross reach
90,000
Software reviews
on OMR Reviews
13,000
Tools
on OMR Reviews
39,000
People trained
OMR Education, 2026
OMR, 2026

The
situation.

Traffic was our
most important asset.

Profiles, category pages, ContentHub. All designed to acquire traffic.

Profile of aWork
Profiles
Category page Projektmanagement
Category pages
OMR Reviews ContentHub
ContentHub

Impressions up. Clicks down.

Impressions
Clicks
Search Console, Dec 2025 to Jul 2026 · Sistrix: CTR position 1 with AI Overview 27% → 11%
Humanoid robot

The
decision.

Wait a
minute...

1 in 4
DACH software buyers use AI chatbots for research
OMR Reviews × cse advisory, 2026
76%
of B2B tech marketers say their target audience's search behavior has changed over the past 12 months
OMR Reviews × duwerk, 2026

Demand didn't disappear.
It moved to AI search.

The challenge for tech marketers...

92%
of B2B tech marketers call GEO a top strategic priority
OMR Reviews × duwerk, AI Search Report 2026
1 of 25
teams rate their own AI visibility as strong
OMR Reviews × duwerk, AI Search Report 2026

...is where we can help!

9 in 10
B2B tech marketers publish mainly on their own website
OMR Reviews × duwerk, 2026
85%
of brand discovery in AI search comes from third-party sources
AirOps, 2025
79%
of vendors don't exist for AI
Recon Rise × Profound, 2026

We had to challenge
our focus.

“Be the platform that gets cited
to get great software vendors recommended.”

One North Star per job.

01
AI search
Citations
02
Google performance
Clicks & impressions
03
Brand strength
Brand mentions
Step 1

We had to understand
where we are at.

Overall or per category.
Cited most either way.

01

Software overall

Top 20 focus categories combined
2.4×
more citations than #2
omr.com16.1k
youtube.com6.6k
fuer-gruender.de4.7k
02

Services overall

Live for only 1.5 years
#1
ahead of the market leader
omr.com9.8k
sortlist.de9.7k
agenturtipp.de7.4k
03

Category: SEO

SEO tools, zoomed in
1.6×
ahead of the tool makers
omr.com1,092
seranking.com701
techradar.com580
Rankscale.ai · citations by domain, all engines, last 365 days · values read from dashboard, rounded
The fine print

But obviously,
not great everywhere.

By model

Strong in AIO and Claude.
Behind in ChatGPT.

Share of AI answers retrieving OMR Reviews
Google AI Overviews34%
Claude20%
ChatGPT9%
Copilot5%
Gemini~0%
By category

Influence varies
by category.

Review-platform share of all citations
IT Service Mgmt.13%
HR Software10%
Project Mgmt.7%
Collaboration6%
CRM6%
Time Tracking5%
E-Mail Marketing4%
Radyant × OMR Reviews · Software Prompt Study · 20,160 chats, 5 models, 8 categories · June 2026

LLMs like lists
and comparisons.

By page type
81%
of review-platform retrievals go to multi-vendor pages
Share of review-platform retrievals
Comparisons & alternatives36.4%
Listicles22.9%
Category pages22.0%
Vendor profiles16.8%
Editorial & other1.9%
Radyant × OMR Reviews · Software Prompt Study · 20,160 chats, 5 models, 8 categories · June 2026 · share of review-platform retrievals

Which made us rethink
where we want to be.

01
Strong in prompts that build the shortlist.
02
Influential when LLMs verify vendor information.
Step 2

We got leadership
on board.

01
Lead with
proof.
02
Show the
opportunity.
03
Go
all in.
“AI search isn't going away. Either we swim with it, or we die.”
Step 3

We had to change how we
evaluate and produce content.

We touched
everything.

01

Content focus

02

Content production

03

Workflows

04

Prompt design & tracking

05

Tooling

Ravi
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How we track prompts now.

Beforekeyword-style · IT Service Management
IT Service Management Software im Vergleichcomparative
Beste kostenlose IT Service Management Toolscomparative
IT Service Management Toolsinformational
Beste Software für IT Service Managementcomparative
IT Service Management Softwareinformational
Nowhow buyers actually ask · IT Service Management
Beste ITSM-Software für mittelständische Unternehmenshort-tail
IT-Helpdesk-Software mit Asset-Managementshort-tail
Ich bin IT-Leiter in einem Unternehmen mit 200 Mitarbeitern. Unser Helpdesk-System ist veraltet und wir wollen auf eine moderne ITSM-Plattform umsteigen. Was empfiehlst du?long-tail
Als Systemadministrator in einem wachsenden Scale-up suche ich eine moderne ITSM-Lösung die sich gut mit bestehenden Tools integriert. Was empfiehlst du?long-tail
Ich bin Head of IT und vergleiche Jira Service Management und TOPdesk. Wir brauchen Ticketing und SLA-Management. Welche Lösung passt da besser?comparison
Wir haben kein eigenes IT-Team und schauen uns deeploi und Atera an. Beide versprechen Helpdesk und Asset-Verwaltung. Was passt besser für unsere Situation?comparison

Real questions become
tracking prompts and content.

The situation
1 · What a buyer said
“Every quote we send is a bundle of many single parts.”
2 · Who they are
Manufacturer, 40 people. Prices come from supplier lists. No ERP yet.
3 · What they ask the AI
“Which ERP helps a 40-person manufacturer build quotes from many parts?”
Our response
4 · What we build
ContentWritten to answer exactly this question
TrackingThe question goes 1:1 into our prompt tracking
Bonus

DIY: Build a robust
prompt tracking yourself.

Set up
01
Prompt set
Real questions with role, company size and problem. Brand and non-brand split.
02
Pre-test
Run each prompt 2 to 3 times per engine. Keep only prompts that return sources.
03
Version
Freeze the set before the first run. Any change means a new version with its own baseline.
04
Baseline
Measure 7 to 14 days before the first report. You can't backfill it.
Measure impact
05
Repeat runs
Several runs per prompt and engine. Read every engine on its own.
06
Three counts
Retrieved, cited and mentioned are three separate numbers.
07
Four signals
CRM, GA4 AI referrals, brand search in Search Console, visibility in your tracking.
08
Impact = delta
Measure change against the baseline. One run proves nothing.
Radyant, 2026

We also f***ed up.

Situation
Our reviews and scores loaded via JavaScript. AI crawlers couldn't read them.
Cause
The crawlers of ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity don't open a browser. They only read the HTML.
Consequence
Our most important content never reached them. Since end of July 2026, 15 reviews sit in the HTML, plus an AI summary of all reviews.
Same product page, with and without JavaScript
Product page with JavaScript, scores visible
What users see
Product page without JavaScript, scores at 0%
What AI crawlers saw

Being cited isn't being recommended.
You likely want mentions.

Correlation with brand visibility in AI Overviews
Branded web mentions
0.664
Branded search volume
0.392
Number of backlinks
0.218
URL rating
0.18
00.20.40.60.8
You can't steer mentions directly. You can steer which sources get cited, and whether you're in them.
Ahrefs Brand Radar & Site Explorer, ~75,000 brands, 2025 · Spearman correlation with brand appearance in Google AI Overviews

Four questions
before you write a single line.

01

What do your buyers actually ask?

Pull questions from real data, not just keyword tools.

SearchSearch Console, Google Trends, People Also Ask
CustomersSales calls, support tickets, reviews
DiscussionsReddit, industry forums, AnswerThePublic
02

Is the answer where the engine reads?

Put the relevant content at the top of the page.

9 of 10
ChatGPT answers open no page at all
03

Which third-party sources count, and how do you show up there?

Become the source others cite.

85%
of brand discovery in AI search comes from third-party sources
04

What's in your article that isn't anywhere else?

Only write what's truly unique.

  • Own dataset
  • Own measurement
  • Hands-on experience
  • A reasoned position
Resoneo, "What ChatGPT pulls, what it shows, what it cites", 2026 · AirOps, "Third-Party Sources Drive 85% of Brand Discovery", 2025
Step 4

We had to change
our communication.

Every channel now tells
the AI visibility story.

OMR Reviews B2B website, AI search sectionOMR Reviews B2B website hero
B2B website
Messaging overhaul throughout all pages.
LinkedIn post: why onsite measures fall short for GEOLinkedIn post with HORIZONT op-ed
LinkedIn
Thought leadership on AI visibility, digital PR, e.g. with HORIZONT.
LinkedIn post Brand and AI webinarWebinar visual: content for AI search
Webinars
Content for AI search, webinars with 1,000+ participants.
Report cover: AI visibility messen und steuern2026 AI Search Report cover
Reports
e.g. AI Search Report 2026 with duwerk.

We got external proof.

Different approaches, similar results.

Radyant, Software Prompt Study, June 2026
Radyant20,160 chats · 5 models · June 2026
13.5%
Most retrieved single source
#1 of 8,035 domains · co-run with OMR Reviews
blinq, Top-Quellen der LLMs, Review-Seiten
blinq250,000 LLM answers · 2026
#1
Top LLM source among review sites
ChatGPT, AI Overviews & Perplexity
SE Ranking, Top 5 Review-Plattformen nach Linkanteil in AI Overviews
SE Ranking30,801 German keywords
21.2%
Link share among review platforms in AI Overviews
#2 behind trustpilot.com, #1 for B2B software
Recon Rise, Citation Analysis, Top 10 Domains, April 2026
Recon Rise × ProfoundHR software index, DACH · April 2026
#1
Cited source for HR software
4.36% citation share

And most important:
it works for our customers.

deeploi: from invisible
to recommended.

OMR Reviews as one building block of their overall AI visibility strategy.
What they built
  • 40+comparison, listicle and alternatives articles on their own site
  • Allrelevant OMR Reviews categories: ITSM, IT Asset Management, Offboarding
  • 4badges in Q3/26: 3× Leader, 1× Top Rated
Brand visibility in AI search
0% → 15%
average, peak 24.3%
deeploi vs. Atera prompts
32 vs 4
pages pulled by LLMs
OMR Reviews as a source
#3
14.4% retrieved share, behind only deeploi.io and YouTube
Organic search leads
+250%
plus AI-attributed leads as a new channel
Radyant × OMR Reviews, deeploi case, 2026 · AI visibility via Peec AI · leads self-reported by deeploi

What tech companies
can learn from it.

01

Understand what's changing.

02

Understand where you're at.

03

Get leadership on board.

04

Change how you evaluate and produce content.

05

Don't repeat our mistakes.

Thank
you.

Marvin MüllerVP Marketing · OMR Reviews
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