Of all the places you can be mentioned, Quora is the low-risk one you can actually use this week, and it is unusually strong on Google’s AI. Here is why, and how to do it honestly.
Quora: the opposite call, a low-risk lever you can actually use this week, and strong on Google's AI
Quora is the mirror image of Wikipedia here: you are allowed to take part, it is low-risk, and it is one of the most-cited sources in Google’s AI answers.
- It is a top-cited source, especially on Google's AI. Semrush ranked Quora the most-cited domain in Google's AI Overviews, and fourth in AI Mode, appearing in roughly one answer in fourteen. It is weaker on ChatGPT, so treat Quora as a Google-AI lever.
- You are allowed to mention your own product, if the answer is genuinely useful. Quora dropped its blanket ban on self-promotion years ago; the line is value to the reader versus a traffic grab. A real, on-topic answer that mentions your app where it fits is fine, a drive-by link drop is treated as spam and removed.
- Relevance wins, engagement only helps at the edges. Answers are surfaced by how well they match the question, not by keyword stuffing, and genuinely-discussed, well-upvoted answers get cited a little more. Write the best honest answer to a real question, do not chase votes.
So of the two, Quora is the one to actually start on. Wikipedia is the prize you earn later; Quora is the lever you can pull now. (Both sets of citation figures come from vendor studies that vary by method, so treat the rankings as directional, not gospel.)