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How should I adjust my content writing strategy so that Perplexity AI and ChatGPT actually cite my blog posts as sources instead of just summarizing my competitors?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
How should I adjust my content writing strategy so that Perplexity AI and ChatGPT actually cite my blog posts as sources instead of just summarizing my competitors?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Perplexity AI citations how sources selected official publisher documentation crawling citationsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
OpenAI ChatGPT search citations publishers websites crawler OAI-SearchBot official documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Generative Engine Optimization research citations source selection original content study 2024 2025Google ↗
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 (3)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Perplexity AI citations how sources selected official publisher documentation crawling citations Google ↗
OpenAI ChatGPT search citations publishers websites crawler OAI-SearchBot official documentation Google ↗
Generative Engine Optimization research citations source selection original content study 2024 2025 Google ↗
- [2509.08919] Generative Engine Optimization: How to Dominate AI Search · doi.org
- Overview of OpenAI Crawlers · developers.openai.com
- Publishers and Developers - FAQ · help.openai.com
- Architecting and Evaluating an AI-First Search API · perplexity.ai
- Updated Guide – Perplexity Crawlers & AWS WAF Setup - Announcements · community.perplexity.ai
- Searching the web with ChatGPT · help.openai.com
- Searching the web with ChatGPT · help.openai.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perplexity AI citations how sources selected official publisher documentation crawling citations OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Instruction | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI ChatGPT search citations publishers websites crawler OAI-SearchBot official documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Generative Engine Optimization research citations source selection original content study 2024 2025 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |