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What specific content formats do AI search engines like ChatGPT and Claude prefer to cite when answering user queries?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What specific content formats do AI search engines like ChatGPT and Claude prefer to cite when answering user queries?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
AI search engines ChatGPT Claude citation sources content formats structured content FAQ tables original research 2025 studyGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational
Generative engine optimization study content characteristics cited by AI search engines listicles statistics authoritative sources 2024 2025Google ↗
OBSERVEDReason
OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher guidance citations content crawl structured dataGoogle ↗
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
AI search engines ChatGPT Claude citation sources content formats structured content FAQ tables original research 2025 study Google ↗
Generative engine optimization study content characteristics cited by AI search engines listicles statistics authoritative sources 2024 2025 Google ↗
OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher guidance citations content crawl structured data Google ↗
- AI citations favor listicles, articles, product pages: Study · searchengineland.com
- AI Search Study: Product Content Makes Up 70% Of Citations · searchenginejournal.com
- What should content strategy be for LLM Optimization? A study of 768k citations · xfunnel.ai
- What 1,454 AI Citations Across 7 Engines Show · conduit.ai
- What Drives AI Citations? Content, Retrieval and Model Knowledge in Generative Engine Optimization (GEO) · arxiv.org
- Publishers and Developers - FAQ · help.openai.com
Queries
3 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AI search engines ChatGPT Claude citation sources content formats structured content FAQ tables original research 2025 study OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Generative engine optimization study content characteristics cited by AI search engines listicles statistics authoritative sources 2024 2025 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
OpenAI ChatGPT search publisher guidance citations content crawl structured data OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |