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what do current case studies say about ranking factors for ai search engines like chatgpt and copilot
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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what do current case studies say about ranking factors for ai search engines like chatgpt and copilot
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2025 2026 case studies AI search ranking factors ChatGPT Copilot citations study GEO generative engine optimizationGoogle ↗
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ChatGPT search visibility case study factors citations brand mentions structured content backlinks Microsoft Copilot SEO study 2025 2026Google ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.
Query classes
Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.
ChatGPT real searches (2)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
2025 2026 case studies AI search ranking factors ChatGPT Copilot citations study GEO generative engine optimization Google ↗
ChatGPT search visibility case study factors citations brand mentions structured content backlinks Microsoft Copilot SEO study 2025 2026 Google ↗
- ChatGPT citations reward ranking and precision over length: Study · searchengineland.com
- Query Intent and Google Rank as Joint Predictors of AI Citation: A Multi-Platform Observational Study by Anthony Lee :: SSRN · papers.ssrn.com
- AI visibility is a topic-level game: A study of 50,000 brands in ChatGPT [Study] · semrush.com
- Bing, not Google, shapes which brands ChatGPT recommends · searchengineland.com
- How We Built a Content Optimization Tool for AI Search [Study] · semrush.com
- What Gets Cited: Competitive GEO in AI Answer Engines · arxiv.org
- How Do Technical SEO Factors Impact AI Search? [Study] · semrush.com
- Why 62% of AI citations don’t lead to brand mentions [Study] · semrush.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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2025 2026 case studies AI search ranking factors ChatGPT Copilot citations study GEO generative engine optimization OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
ChatGPT search visibility case study factors citations brand mentions structured content backlinks Microsoft Copilot SEO study 2025 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 |