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What specific markup or metadata do AI search engines rely on most heavily when determining authoritative sources for factual queries in our niche?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What specific markup or metadata do AI search engines rely on most heavily when determining authoritative sources for factual queries in our niche?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Search Central structured data policies Article Organization ProfilePage author markup AI search citations authoritative sources schema.org 2026Google ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Microsoft Bing webmaster guidelines AI search citations structured data authority source credibility schema markupGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
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
Google Search Central structured data policies Article Organization ProfilePage author markup AI search citations authoritative sources schema.org 2026 Google ↗
Microsoft Bing webmaster guidelines AI search citations structured data authority source credibility schema markup Google ↗
- Learn About Article Schema Markup | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- Profile Page (ProfilePage) Schema Markup | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- How Bing delivers search results · support.microsoft.com
- The primary parameters Bing uses to rank pages in search results, in general order of importance, are: · cdn-dynmedia-1.microsoft.com
- Learn About Article Schema Markup | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- General Structured Data Guidelines | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- AI Performance · bing.com
- Introducing AI Performance in Bing Webmaster Tools Public Preview · blogs.bing.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Google Search Central structured data policies Article Organization ProfilePage author markup AI search citations authoritative sources schema.org 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Microsoft Bing webmaster guidelines AI search citations structured data authority source credibility schema markup OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |