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Which Sources AI Engines Actually Cite (And How to Get Into Them)
ChatGPT and Perplexity don't invent recommendations from nowhere. Here is how to find the exact Reddit threads, G2 pages, and articles they're pulling from when they recommend your competitors instead of you, and what to do about it.
AI Citation Gap Framework: Diagnose & Close Authority Gaps
Use the AI citation gap framework to diagnose why competitors get cited and you don't, then ship gap-closing artifacts.
Half of AI's Tool Advice Comes From Tool Vendors
Across 9,049 citations in the AI-visibility category, 51.7% point at companies selling a tool in it. Independent journalism: 5.7%.
Find the Reddit and G2 Pages AI Cites for Your Competitors
A step-by-step method for finding the exact Reddit threads and review pages AI engines pull from when recommending a competitor instead of you.
Is YouTube Really the Top AI Citation Source? Not Once You Look Closer
Real data: Reddit is cited in 22% of AI answers vs YouTube's 19%, and 96% of YouTube's citations trace to one video. A closer look at a widely-repeated claim.
How to Get Cited by AI When There Is No Top-10 List
Across 10 software categories we logged 3,754 AI citations. They went to 1,258 domains, the top one took 3.5%, and 57% were cited once.
Perplexity Citation Sources Data: How to Audit and Win It
Learn how to audit perplexity citation sources data with real probe methods, compare against competitors, and ship fixes that grow your citation share.
How Many Sources Does Perplexity Cite? 8 to 10, or Zero
We counted sources in 100 Perplexity answers. It cites 8-10 domains or none at all, never 1 to 5. Five vendors publish five different averages.
Google AI Overviews Citation Patterns Guide for Marketers
Discover how Google AI Overviews citation patterns work, typical sources and formats, measurement methods, and tactics to boost your brand’s citation share.
16 of 17 'Best AI Tools' Lists Rank Themselves First
We fetched 17 'best AI visibility tools' roundups written by companies selling one. 16 ranked themselves first. None ranked itself below second.
Markdown vs HTML for AI Citations: What 9 Competitors Actually Do
5 of 9 AI-visibility companies serve an llms.txt file; 4 don't, including Profound and Ahrefs. Checked live 29 Aug 2026, plus what the evidence on citation lift actually says.
Does FAQ Schema Help AI Citations? 615 Pages Tested
Heavily cited pages carry FAQ schema more often - 37.2% vs 28.0%. The difference disappears once you count each publisher once.
Does llms.txt Actually Do Anything for AI Visibility?
We checked the 50 most-cited domains in our category for llms.txt. The 29 that publish one rank no better than the 21 that don't, and the two most-cited have no file at all.
The Definitive llms.txt Guide: What It Is, What Belongs In It, and Whether It Actually Works
Everything about llms.txt in one place: what it is, exactly what to put in it, how to generate and ship one, and how to tell whether it actually moved your AI citation rate.
Shipping llms.txt and Schema Fixes Without a Backlog Ticket
Both are easy to automate through a coding agent. We tested whether either correlates with AI citations across 40 pages and 50 domains, and found no effect for either.
We Tested the AI Access Checklist on 37 Cited Pages
Zero of the 37 most-cited pages in AI visibility tooling block AI crawlers. Reddit and YouTube fail the JavaScript gate and lead the category anyway. What the checklist is actually for.