Link insertion services for the articles AI already cites.

AirOps finds the articles LLMs cite in your category, includes your mention and link insertion in them, and measures the lift.

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Link insertion that earns citations in AI search

Link insertion gets your brand added to articles that already rank and already get cited by AI engines. AirOps connects intelligence on those sources, the outreach that earns a place on them, and measurement of the lift. You get one platform and a team behind it, so each link insertion ties back to AI visibility.

AirOps Offsite citations grouped by domain, showing each third-party source with its domain type, citation share and citation count.

Find cited articles and add mentions

Intelligence

See which existing articles AI engines cite for your category, and where competitors show up without you.

Action

Earn a link insertion on each priority article through outreach that your team reviews before it ships.

Measurement

Tie each of your link insertions to the change in AI visibility it drives, measured by prompt and topic.

Intelligence

Action

Measurement

Start with the articles AI already cites

Your link insertion plan starts from the AI citation data behind your buyers' prompts. AirOps shows the domains and pages AI engines cite for each of those prompts. Filters isolate pages that mention competitors and skip you, so you know which to pursue first.
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For link insertion, the best hosts are existing listicles, buying guides, and comparison pages that rank and get cited. Many low-share domains together hold 80-90% of citation share. That long tail earns smaller sites a place on your target list.

AirOps Domain Type Breakdown showing the domain types cited in AI answers, led by products at 65% and social at 8%.

Why citation data picks better articles

Targets come from what AI engines cite, ranked by real influence

Domain metrics describe a site's strength in search and say nothing about whether AI engines cite it. AirOps ranks each link insertion target by Influence Score, which blends citation frequency, relevance, and authority.

47M observed actions

reveal what worked to drive buyer action, and where.

6B citations

show which pages and publishers answer engines trust.

10M AI search journeys

show how people move from answers to downstream engagement.

70M high value prompts

give concrete insight on how people actually make decisions

A leading corporate card provider wanted to grow their share of voice with enterprise buyers. While prompt tracking said they had already won, AirOps opportunity data showed the true gap.

55%

Overall Share of Voice

Share of Voice with Target Customer

What our link insertion services include

AirOps runs link insertion end to end: target lists, outreach, placements, and delivery. You also see the Reddit and YouTube sources AI cites, so community plans start from data. People on your team and ours review every placement before it goes live.

AirOps citations table filtered to competitor-only pages, with three URLs selected and the menu open to create a new grid.

Build your target list from citation gaps

Filter the Citations view to pages where Brand Referenced is No and a competitor is referenced. Narrow by page type, such as listicle articles, to surface prime targets for outreach. Then send the selected citations to a new Grid to plan your link insertions.

Reach the editors behind each cited article

AirOps workflows identify the editors and site owners who control each cited article. Every link insertion pitch is personalized to the page and its editor. Editors receive a specific edit that improves their article for readers.

AirOps Placements table filtered to Needs approval, with six proposed placements, each with approve and decline buttons.

Review every brand mention before it goes live

The asset you place is a brand mention or an updated resource sentence inside an existing article. Your team reviews each brief, draft, and placement detail before anything is published. That review step keeps your link inserts accurate, current, and on brand.

AirOps chart of Reddit citation share by subreddit, led by r/seogrowth at 6.8% and r/AI_SearchOptimization at 5.8%.

See the Reddit threads and YouTube channels AI cites

The Community view shows which Reddit threads and subreddits surface in answers to your tracked prompts. The Social view lists cited YouTube videos and creators, plus the brands they mention. You use that intelligence to plan where your team contributes.

AirOps campaign with 16 new Reddit opportunities, each showing subreddit, subscribers, target prompts and citation share.

Choose platform workflows or a managed service

Find offsite opportunities on the platform yourself, or hand outreach, placements, and reporting to the AirOps team. That fully managed service covers the work buyers expect from niche edit services.

How we measure link insertion

Every link insertion is logged, attributed to AI visibility changes, and tied back to pipeline. Success is measured in citations, mention rate, share of voice, and pipeline instead of link counts. Analytics still tracks your rankings side by side with AI visibility.

AirOps Mention Rate by week with a Placement live marker, rising from 5.8% to 8.4% the following week.

Log every insertion on your visibility timeline

Listicle placements and buying guide mentions are logged as timestamped events on your visibility timeline. Those events share charts with citation data, so your link insertions each get a clear before and after.

See which insertions and mentions move AI visibility

Track lift by prompt and by topic after each placement goes live. Co-mention rate measures how often a brand is mentioned when a specific cited article is used. That rate can jump after the brand is added to that article.

AirOps Themes table of top sentiment drivers, led by workflow automation at 15% volume with a 99.9 sentiment score.

Compare share of voice and sentiment with competitors

Track mention rate, share of voice, and sentiment in AI answers against your competitors. Sentiment scores compare ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Mode, and AI Overviews, including answers that cite Reddit and YouTube.

AirOps Reddit campaign chart showing a 14.0 percentage point increase in cumulative mention rate by Day 9 across 2 engaged threads.

Connect link insertions to pipeline and revenue

Campaigns capture a baseline before outreach starts and measure a set window after placements go live. Results tie back to pipeline and revenue, so you can answer finance on what the link insertion service returned.

Find the right articles that AI cites

Learn more about external content and opportunities for brand mentions.

Pricing Plans

Solo

For individuals building content for one brand or project.

ChatGPT Insights Only
35,000 Tasks for Content Production
1 Brand Kit, 3 Knowledge Bases
Basic CMS & SEO Integrations
Community & Live Chat Support
Single-User Access

Pro

For small teams building content for one brand or project.

Insights Across 7+ Answer Engines
100,000 Tasks for Content Production
1 Brand Kit, 5 Knowledge Bases
CMS, SEO, AEO, Social & Project Integrations
Community & Live Chat Support
Unlimited Seats for Your Team

Enterprise

For organizations building enterprise-grade content and tailored solutions.

Custom Prompts & Pages Limits
Multiple Regions, Personas & Languages Tracked
Custom Agent Builds
Custom Task Limits
Unlimited Knowledge Bases & Brand Kits
Dedicated Account Manager & Training
1:1 Expert Onboarding
Unlimited Seats & Collaboration Functionality

"We were able to focus our energy on the highest-value initiatives for the business in a matter of weeks."

Nick Fairbairn
SVP of Growth, Chime

“We set out to change the narrative around Sanity in AI search, not just show up more often. Staying the brand the models name most, and climbing in the categories that matter, is exactly the signal we were after, and we can see it happening week to week.”

Richard Lawrence
Principal, Agentic Operations & Growth Marketing, Sanity

“If we wanted to 10x the growth we were starting to see, we needed a system that handled SEO, AEO, content production, all of it. AirOps was the first to actually deliver results.”

Shani Mithani
Head of Growth, Venn

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do link insertion services cost?

A link insertion marketplace lets publishers set a price per listing, and agencies price by domain metrics, niche, and traffic. Those metrics include domain authority (DA) and domain rating (DR), so stronger sites cost more. AirOps does not sell links, and we scope the work as platform workflows or a fully managed service. Book a scope call, and we will plan the right setup for your category.

What are the best niche edit services?

The best niche edit services earn your brand a place on pages that AI models already cite. Options include agencies that run outreach and listing sites where teams buy link insertions from publishers. The key test for any provider is whether its links get cited by the models. AirOps picks every target from citation data and does not sell links.

How do link insertion services work?

A link insertion agency finds an existing article that ranks, then asks its editor to add your brand or link. The page is already indexed and trusted, so the edit is small and the article keeps its audience. AirOps picks those articles from AI citation data and has people review every placement. Each placement is logged, so you see its effect on AI visibility.

What is the difference between a link insertion and a guest post?

A link insertion adds your brand to an existing article, while a guest post is a new article elsewhere. Insertions build on pages that already hold rankings and AI citations. Guest posts start from zero and need time to earn either. AirOps focuses on existing listicles, buying guides, and comparison pages because AI engines cite them heavily.

How do you find the right articles for link insertions?

Start with the pages AI engines already cite for your buyers' prompts. In the AirOps Citations view, filter to pages that skip your brand and mention a competitor. Narrow the results to listicles and sort by citation rate. Those high-traffic niche edit links are prime targets for outreach because they already shape the answers your buyers read.

What does link insertion mean?

Link insertion means adding your brand mention or link to an article already published on another site. SEO teams often call these placements niche edits, and niche edit services sell them. For AI search, the mention carries the weight, and it counts even without a link. Brand mentions correlate 3x more strongly with AI visibility than backlinks do.