Unlinked brand mention
- Benefit: Builds brand recognition
- Limitation: Passes no link authority
- Limitation: Sends no referral traffic
Brand Mentions for SEO & AI Search
Listicle Brand Mentions Service
We secure listicle brand mentions on authoritative websites with real traffic, with a guaranteed dofollow link on every placement. Each one builds your SEO and increases the chance of AI brand mentions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude and AI Overviews.
Trusted by leading brands worldwide
The Service
What are listicle brand mentions?
Definition
Listicle brand mentions are placements of your brand inside ‘best of’, comparison and review lists on other websites. These branded web mentions tell buyers, search engines and generative AI tools that your brand belongs among the options worth considering.
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Buyers are already comparing
Listicles reach people at the moment they choose, next to the competitors they are already weighing up.
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Search and AI both read lists
Google ranks list articles for comparison searches, and AI tools draw on them for recommendations.
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Listicle Formats
Three listicle formats for SEO and AI search
We place your brand in the SEO listicles buyers and AI tools rely on most.
Best of
"Best Of" Product or Service Roundups
Position your brand where buyers are already looking, inside trusted “best of” roundups that compare the products, services, tools, agencies and providers in your space.
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Comparison Listicles
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Useful when shoppers are comparing options before a high-intent purchase. Comparison listicles put your brand in front of prospects at the point where they decide.
Learn more about Comparison Listicles →
Product Reviews
Product Reviews That Build Trust and Drive Sales
An editorial review of your product or service inside a listicle, explaining what you do well. Reviews give readers the detail they need and give AI tools clear context about your brand.
Learn more about Product Reviews →
SEO Value
Brand mentions for SEO: the mention and the link
Unlinked brand mentions help search engines recognise your brand. A dofollow link adds authority on top. Every Only Listicles placement gives you both.
Linked brand mention
- Benefit: Builds brand recognition
- Benefit: Passes dofollow link authority
- Benefit: Sends referral traffic
AI Visibility
Generative AI brand mentions for AI SEO
Generative AI tools build their answers from sources they trust, and listicles are among the most useful to them. Being featured in the right lists increases the chance of brand mentions in AI answers across every major platform. Each AI brand mention starts with a source the tool trusts, so placing your brand in those listicles is a practical way to build brand mentions in AI search.
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AI OverviewsVisibility in Google AI Overviews
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ChatGPTVisibility in ChatGPT answers
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GeminiVisibility in Gemini answers
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ClaudeVisibility in Claude answers
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PerplexityVisibility in Perplexity answers
One placement can support brand mentions in generative AI across all five platforms, although no one can guarantee what any AI tool will say.
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Pricing
Simple, transparent listicle pricing
Brand Mentions pricing. Per-placement rates with bulk discounts available.
Popular
DR40+
£180
1 Placement
- ✓2K+ Traffic
- ✓Unique Content
- ✓AI Signals
- ✓White-Label
- ✓From 14 Days
Start a free trial and we'll walk you through the process, plus offer you a FREE DR50+ listicle on the house to see if and how we can work together.
Our Process
How our brand mentions service works
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Discovery Call
Understand your goals
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LLM Keywords
Research the prompts buyers use
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Competitor Research
Find where competitors appear
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Content Creation
Unique copy for each list
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Media Outreach
Pitch relevant publishers
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Listicles Live
Published and live
Tracking & Reporting
See what your placements are doing
Campaigns are reported through Click Insights, the Click Intelligence reporting platform, so you can see your live placements and how your brand appears across AI search.
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Live link reporting
See every placement once it is live, with the link verified and recorded.
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AI Overviews tracking
See which of your target searches show an AI Overview and whether your brand is included.
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Prompt tracking in AI tools
Track whether your brand is named for your buyer questions in ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity.
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AI referral traffic in GA4
See visits from AI tools alongside the rest of your traffic in GA4.
60Tracked prompts
5AI platforms
19Your brand mentioned
Mentions by platform
Cited sources
- publisher.co.uk8 Accounting Tools Worth Trying
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Our Guarantees
Six promises on every listicle campaign
Every client gets the same guarantees, whatever the package. We deliver what we promise, or we keep working until we do.
See our packages ↓100% Listicle Links
Every link is secured through genuine editorial inclusion in relevant "best of", "top", comparison, and recommendation-style articles. No sponsored placements.
DR30 to DR90 websites
We target quality websites with a minimum DR30+ and real traffic, helping you gain visibility on trusted third-party publications.
No Contracts
Stay in control with flexible listicle link building. No restrictive long-term contracts, just a simple monthly service that gives you the freedom to scale, pause, or adjust as your campaign grows.
100% Links Guarantee
We guarantee your agreed number of listicle placements. If we don't hit the target, we keep working at no extra cost until every link has been secured.
Affordable Listicle Placement Solution
Get agency-grade listicle placements at a cost-effective price, without needing to build an in-house outreach team.
Large In-House Outreach Team
Our 40+ strong team and international publisher network help secure relevant listicle opportunities across national and global markets.
Powered by Click Intelligence
Built and run by Click Intelligence
Only Listicles is built and run by Click Intelligence, an award-winning SEO & AI search agency based in the UK and founded in 2013. Every placement is handled by the same in-house outreach team that delivers SEO, AI search optimisation, link building and digital PR for brands across the UK, US, Europe and worldwide.
That means your listicle campaign is backed by a dedicated brand mentions agency with more than a decade of search experience, established publisher relationships and a team that understands how Google and AI tools find and recommend brands.
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Since 2013
Delivering SEO and link building
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97%
Client retention
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500+
White label agency partners
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UK & US
Offices in Cheltenham and London, clients worldwide
Also available from Click Intelligence
Click Intelligence Awards & Recognition
Reviews
What clients say about our listicle service
★★★★★
Only Listicles delivered 47 placements in our first quarter, more than our previous agency managed in a year. Reporting was transparent from week one.
Eleanor Whitfield
Director of Growth, Novara
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The listicle campaigns they built for us landed coverage in Semrush, Ahrefs and City A.M. within six weeks. Our organic traffic doubled in two quarters.
Marcus Bellamy
CMO, Belmont Group
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We've worked with three agencies before Only. None of them came close to the quality of listicle placements or speed of delivery.
Sophie Chen
Head of SEO, Trellis
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Genuinely the only partner we've trusted to represent our brand in top-tier listicles. The reactive team is unmatched.
James Okafor
Founder, Axiom Media
Guides
Learn more about listicles and brand mentions
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What is a Listicle?
The format explained, with its common types and examples.
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What is a Brand Mention for SEO?
The definition, the main types and why search engines notice them.
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How Do Brand Mentions Work?
How mentions build authority in Google and shape AI answers.
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How to Get AI Brand Mentions
Steps that make your brand more likely to appear in AI answers.
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How to Check Brand Mentions in ChatGPT
A step by step way to see where ChatGPT names your brand.
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How to Write a Listicle
A step by step guide to writing lists readers trust.
Read guide: How to Write a Listicle
FAQs
Frequently asked questions
Brand mentions are references to your brand on websites and platforms you do not control, such as articles, listicles, reviews, news coverage and forums. These branded web mentions may include a link to your site or simply name you in the text. Either way, they help buyers, search engines and AI tools recognise your brand and understand what it is known for.
A listicle placement puts your brand inside an editorial list on another website, such as “Best Accounting Tools for Small Businesses”. We find relevant listicles with real traffic in your niche, write a unique entry that fits the article and secure your place in it, with a dofollow link back to your site. Every live placement is included in your reporting.
Yes, in two ways. Brand mentions for SEO work hardest when they include a link, because a dofollow link from a relevant site passes authority that Google uses to rank pages. Unlinked mentions can help Google recognise your brand and its reputation, although Google has not confirmed them as a direct ranking factor. Every Only Listicles placement gives you both the mention and the link.
Also called generative AI brand mentions, these are the times your brand is named in answers from tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews, or appears in the sources those tools cite. They matter because many buyers now ask AI tools for recommendations, and a brand named in the answer is in front of them at the moment they decide.
AI tools draw on sources they trust when they recommend brands, and listicles and comparisons are a common source for recommendation questions. When your brand appears in relevant lists on established websites, it gives those tools more reason to include you. That increases the chance your brand is named, but no one can guarantee that any AI tool will mention it.
No. No one can guarantee an AI brand mention, because tools such as ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity and Google AI Overviews decide for themselves which brands to name. What we guarantee is the placement: a live listicle entry on an established website, with a dofollow link. Those placements put your brand in the sources AI tools draw on, which increases the chance of a mention over time.
It means improving where and how your brand is mentioned across the web. That covers earning mentions on relevant, trusted sites, making sure those mentions describe your brand accurately and consistently, and turning unlinked mentions into links where possible. Listicle placements are a direct way to do it, because each one names your brand in the lists buyers read.
Yes. Every listicle placement includes a guaranteed dofollow link to the page you choose. We check each link once the placement is live and include it in your reporting, so you can see the page, the website and the link your brand has earned.
Placements go live from 14 days. Timing depends on the publishers involved and the size of your order, but we plan your content and outreach in the first week and move quickly once a publisher agrees. Every live placement is added to your reporting once it is published.
No. There are no contracts or minimum terms. You pay per placement and choose the tiers that suit each campaign, so you can start with a single placement, see how it performs and add more when you are ready. Larger orders can also benefit from bulk discounts.
Yes. If you run an SEO or brand mentions agency, you can offer listicle placements to your clients with white-label reporting and confidential delivery. Only Listicles is run by Click Intelligence, which already works with more than 500 white label agency partners. Choose “Agency or white-label” on our contact page to talk to us about volume.
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