Baidu ERNIE citations tracking
Baidu's AI answer sits on the SERP and links out from it, so collection here works like AI Overviews and costs like it too — no account needed. Nostimates parses the linked set and reports frequency across n samples.
How it renders
Source links embedded in the AI answer block on the Baidu results page.
Sampling
Citation sets are the least stable field we return. The same prompt run n times will produce overlapping but non-identical URL sets, which is why we report frequency across samples rather than a list from one run.
Gotcha
What the API returns
A single collection call against Baidu ERNIE for the citations field, sampled n times and returned as one object per prompt.
{
"engine": "baidu_ernie",
"field": "citations",
"prompt": "best ai visibility tracking tool",
"country": "GB",
"language": "en",
"n": 30,
"citations": [
{
"url": "https://nostimates.com/engines",
"domain": "nostimates.com",
"position": 1,
"sample_frequency": 0.63
},
{
"url": "https://example.org/guide",
"domain": "example.org",
"position": 3,
"sample_frequency": 0.4
}
]
}Response fields
| Key | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| url | string | Absolute URL as the engine rendered it, redirects resolved. |
| domain | string | Registrable domain, normalised for grouping. |
| position | integer | Order within the citation set for that sample. |
| sample_frequency | float | Share of the n samples in which this URL appeared. |
| anchor_text | string | null | Visible anchor or chip label, when the engine renders one. |
| first_seen | date | First run in which this URL appeared for this prompt. |
What it costs
1 credit per prompt per sample. Citations are included in the base collection — no surcharge.
See credit pricing →Baidu ERNIE citations FAQ
- Do I need a Baidu Baike entry?
- Practically, yes. It is the single strongest predictor of citation on this engine in our sampling.
- Is Baidu cheaper to collect than DeepSeek?
- Considerably — it is anonymous, so there is no account cost.
Track the highest-volume Chinese AI surface
Baidu ERNIE reaches hundreds of millions monthly and needs no account. Send your prompts and we will quote it.
Other Baidu ERNIE data
Across every engine
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