Same web. Four engines. Four very different ideas of what counts as a source.
Self-published content dominates every one of them. But a single AEO checklist can't serve all four — the source mix is too different.
The engine-by-engine data: https://t.co/5pmUFJ8kiX
"How do I optimize for AI search?" is the wrong question. The engines don't cite the same way — so the play changes depending on where your buyers are.
Full breakdown: https://t.co/ZN4ZDZi4mX
Over a third of every domain AI cited appeared exactly once.
Of 5,091 cited domains, 1,851 were cited a single time. 59% were cited three times or fewer.
The full study, with the methodology: https://t.co/Qy5oK8dkd8
AI citation isn't an oligarchy.
Across 35,755 citations:
The top 30 domains hold just 18% of the total. It takes 373 different domains to get to half. And 59% of all cited domains showed up only 1–3 times.
See the full picture: https://t.co/FrMNxh0utn
Where you rank almost decides whether AI cites you. There's a cliff, and it's the edge of page one.
Ranked 1–3 → cited ~85% of the time
Ranked 4–10 → ~53%
Ranked 11–20 → ~24%
Below page one → mostly invisible
Full findings: https://t.co/SMXFB30ubx
The brand your audience loves is not the brand AI cites.
Marketo & Drift are well-known to their audiences & rarely cited. @HubSpot is everywhere on the web, & everywhere in the answers.
Read the study: https://t.co/HIGDEwntwx
Getting cited by AI isn't the same as getting chosen.
3 different outcomes, & each is harder than the last:
CITED — your page shows up in the sources
RECOMMENDED — your brand is actually named as the pick
VISITED — someone clicks through
Full study: https://t.co/iO6u8NaFLH
We logged 35,755 AI citations in B2B marketing to answer one question: what does AI actually cite?
78% of everything cited was self-published — companies writing about themselves. → 56% vendors' own sites → 22% agencies' own sites
Full study — https://t.co/9ndqh3i014
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