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How do AI search engines attribute quotes and citations, and how can I get my brand cited more often in industry summaries?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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How do AI search engines attribute quotes and citations, and how can I get my brand cited more often in industry summaries?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
how AI search engines select sources citations retrieval grounding citations documentation ChatGPT search Perplexity Google AI OverviewsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
generative engine optimization research brand visibility citations study 2024 2025 GEO paperGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Google Search Central AI features content guidance structured data crawling AI OverviewsGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
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
how AI search engines select sources citations retrieval grounding citations documentation ChatGPT search Perplexity Google AI Overviews Google ↗
generative engine optimization research brand visibility citations study 2024 2025 GEO paper Google ↗
Google Search Central AI features content guidance structured data crawling AI Overviews Google ↗
- [2509.08919] Generative Engine Optimization: How to Dominate AI Search · doi.org
- Generative Engine Optimization: How to Dominate AI Search · arxiv.org
- Searching the web with ChatGPT · help.openai.com
- AI Features and Your Website | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- [2606.20065] Generative Engine Optimization at Scale: Measuring Brand Visibility Across AI Search Engines · doi.org
- Optimizing Visibility in Generative Engines: A Critical Survey of Generative Engine Optimization (2023-2026) · arxiv.org
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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how AI search engines select sources citations retrieval grounding citations documentation ChatGPT search Perplexity Google AI Overviews OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
generative engine optimization research brand visibility citations study 2024 2025 GEO paper OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Search Central AI features content guidance structured data crawling AI Overviews OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |