A percentage with a denominator

Much of what an assistant cites (encyclopedias, government pages, universities) cannot be won by any honest tactic. Measuring your share against everything makes every brand look like it is failing. The Influenceable Share measures the winnable part of what gets cited, and how much of it you hold.

Reachable and not

Editorial coverage, forums, and company sites, whether yours, a competitor’s, or a partner’s, can all be earned or competed for. Reference works and institutional sources cannot. An encyclopedia entry is decided by that encyclopedia’s rules, and the tactics people use to force one get brands penalized. The share is worked out over the first group only.

What the number sounds like

Instead of “you appear in 8% of answers”, a figure with no ceiling attached, you get a sentence you can act on. It says how much of the citation pool on your questions is winnable, and which part of it you hold. That is a number someone can argue a budget with.

Honest edgesNo reachable citations returns no share rather than zero, and domains not yet classified are counted apart. The headline never quietly improves because something was not categorized yet.

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Updated 23 September 2026. Something unclear? Write to [email protected]. A person reads it.