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What core algorithm signals trigger a drop in Perplexity Discover citations compared to standard Google Search Generative Experience placements?

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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
What core algorithm signals trigger a drop in Perplexity Discover citations compared to standard Google Search Generative Experience placements?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Perplexity Discover citations ranking algorithm source selection citations documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDInstruction
Google Search Generative Experience AI Overviews citations ranking systems documentation sourcesGoogle ↗
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)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason50%DefinitionInstruction50%Yes / no

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
Perplexity Discover citations ranking algorithm source selection citations documentation Google ↗
Google Search Generative Experience AI Overviews citations ranking systems documentation sources Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Perplexity Discover citations ranking algorithm source selection citations documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
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Google Search Generative Experience AI Overviews citations ranking systems documentation sources
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1