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What are the main differences between Perplexity citations and ChatGPT search citations when trying to drive traffic back to our agency site?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What are the main differences between Perplexity citations and ChatGPT search citations when trying to drive traffic back to our agency site?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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)
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
official Perplexity help citations sources links answer citations publisher traffic referrals documentation Google ↗
official OpenAI ChatGPT search citations sources links publishers referral traffic documentation Google ↗
- Searching the web with ChatGPT · help.openai.com
- ChatGPT search for Enterprise and Edu · help.openai.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
official Perplexity help citations sources links answer citations publisher traffic referrals documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
official OpenAI ChatGPT search citations sources links publishers referral traffic documentation OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |