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How should our zero-click search strategy shift as generative engines start citing competitor brand mentions directly in inline answers?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
SEED QUERY
How should our zero-click search strategy shift as generative engines start citing competitor brand mentions directly in inline answers?
1 real search · 1 real-search pass
2026 generative engine optimization AI search inline citations brand mentions competitor visibility zero click strategy researchGoogle ↗
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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 (1)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 1 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.
Searches and sources
ChatGPT1 real searches · gpt-6
2026 generative engine optimization AI search inline citations brand mentions competitor visibility zero click strategy research Google ↗
- What Drives AI Citations? Content, Retrieval and Model Knowledge in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) · arxiv.org
- What Gets Cited: Competitive GEO in AI Answer Engines · arxiv.org
- GEO starts with the question, not the answer · axios.com
- Optimizing Visibility in Generative Engines: A Critical Survey of Generative Engine Optimization (2023-2026) · arxiv.org