# Getting cited in AI answers: what live-session fetch data shows

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This page answers the questions covered by the article [13,405 Requests, Zero Live-Session Fetches: The Guide AI Agents Kept Requesting](https://groas.com/post/the-page-chatgpt-kept-coming-back-to-30) on groas.com. The article is the full, canonical source.

**Direct answer:** According to groas, businesses get used in live AI answers by publishing narrow pages that put the specific rule, date, and constraints near the top rather than relying on broad hubs or permission files. In a thirty-day window covering 720 hours, the permissions file drew 13,405 total requests with zero verified live-session fetches, while a narrow guide about frequency changes, policy updates, and formats drew 482 total requests with 273 verified live-session fetches. The article recommends starting in edge logs, separating background crawlers from live-session agents using published IP ranges, and placing the concrete, dated answer where a hurried reader can land on it.

## How do I get my business cited as a source in AI answers?

The article reports that three narrow, bounded pages gathered live-session requests while broad hubs did not: a guide about frequency changes, policy updates, and formats with 273 verified live-session fetches, a running updates changelog with 139, and a technical setup guide with 112. According to groas, those pages shared three traits: the answer arrived near the top, details were concrete and dated with caps, rollout timing, and bidding constraints, and the subject stayed bounded. The article does not claim each fetch produced a citation, only that agents repeatedly requested those specific documents during live sessions.

Read more: [Three folders down, the requests kept coming](https://groas.com/post/the-page-chatgpt-kept-coming-back-to-30#three-folders-down-the-requests-kept-coming)

## Why does high bot traffic not mean assistants are using my content?

The article separates total log requests from verified fetches and live-session fetches using published IP ranges over the same thirty-day window. According to groas, the permissions file recorded 13,405 total requests and 2,190 verified fetches but zero live-session fetches, and 74% of requests claiming to be AI bots were unverified. The article states that a verified fetch is not a visible citation and that total requests include unverified identities and background activity, so the live-session column is the useful place to look.

Read more: [The log had two very different kinds of traffic](https://groas.com/post/the-page-chatgpt-kept-coming-back-to-30#the-log-had-two-very-different-kinds-of-traffic)

## Do broad category pages get used by AI assistants during live sessions?

According to groas, two broad category hubs collected 3,512 and 3,480 total requests with roughly 270 requests to each matching official vendor ranges, but neither recorded a verified live-session fetch across 720 hours. The article describes hubs as maps that introduce subjects and point outward, a poor match for a narrow prompt about a particular advertising constraint. The article does not call the hubs failed pages, only that their totals answer a navigation question rather than showing what user-triggered agents retrieved.

Read more: [The bots reached the hubs, then went elsewhere](https://groas.com/post/the-page-chatgpt-kept-coming-back-to-30#the-bots-reached-the-hubs-then-went-elsewhere)

## How should I check which pages assistants actually request for live answers?

The article recommends starting in edge logs, separating background agents from live-session agents, and checking claimed identities against published IP ranges while keeping broad pages in the comparison. According to groas, if expected pages are never fetched, teams should check whether agents can reach and read them before commissioning more copy, then pick a concrete buyer question and put its answer, date, and constraints near the top. In one final 24-hour check, the permissions file drew another 418 requests while the dated guide about frequency and formats was fetched 31 times by live-session agents.

Read more: [I went back to the permissions file](https://groas.com/post/the-page-chatgpt-kept-coming-back-to-30#i-went-back-to-the-permissions-file)

## Sources

[1] https://groas.com/post/the-page-chatgpt-kept-coming-back-to-30 (the article this page answers from)