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Recent analysis of xfunnela.ai examines the citation forms on the main AI search engines.
AND findings List a new insight into how these tools reference web content in your answers.
Here are the necessary signs from the report.
The quote frequency differs by platform
Researchers have sent questions at different stages of the customer travel and followed the AI platforms.
The study analyzed 40,000 answers containing 250,000 quotes and determined the differences in the incidence of quotes:
- Confusion: 6.61 Quote on the response
- Google twins: 6.1 Lists on an answer
- Chatgpt: 2,62 quote per response
Chatgpt has been tested in its standard mode, not with explicitly activated search features, which can explain its lower quotation number.
The contents of the third party lead the type of quote
The study quoted quotes in four groups:
- Owned (company domain)
- Competition domains
- Earned (third -party/associated side site)
- UGC (a content generated by a user)
On all platforms, the earned content is the highest percentage of quotes, and UGC shows a growing national team.
Associated pages and independent blogs also have a weight in the answers generated.
Quotes change while traveling customers
Data show differences in citing patterns based on the type of inquiry:
- During the study phase and education, there is a higher percentage of quotes from the editorial content of third parties.
- UGC quotes from web locations and forums increase in comparison stages.
- In the final phase of research and evaluation, quotes usually come directly from websites and competitors.
Source quality distribution
When examining the distribution of the quality of the cited sources, the data showed:
- High quality sources: ~ 31.5% quote
- Sources of higher medium qualities: ~ 15.3% quote
- The sources of the middle of the quality: ~ 26.3% quote
- The sources of the quality of the lower and the medium: ~ 22.1% quote
- Sources of poor quality: ~ 4.8% quote
This indicates that AI search engines prefer quality sources, but regularly cite content from a medium level source.
UGC Platform specific preferences
Each AI search engine shows preferences for different UGC sources:
- Confusion: Favorizes YouTube and Peerspot
- Google twins: Often quotes medium, reddit and youtube
- Chatgpt: Often references LinkedIn, G2 and Gartner Peer Reviews
An opportunity to quote a third party
Data reveal a key area that many SEO professionals could overlook.
Although the industry is often focused on technical changes in content -owned content optimization AI search, this study suggests that a different approach can be more effective.
Since the earned media (third -party content) is the largest source of quotes on AI Platforms for search, it is important to focus on:
- Construction of relations with industrial publications
- Creating content that others want to cover
- Contribution to guest articles with reliable websites
- Developing a Content Platform Strategy (UGC) generated by a user, which each AI engine preferred
This is a return on the basics: create a valuable content that others will want to head instead of just modifying existing AI content.
Why is that important
As AI search is wider, understanding these quotation patterns can help you stay visible.
The findings show the need to use different content strategies on different platforms.
However, maintaining quality and authority is necessary. So, do not neglect the SEO basics in search of a wide distribution of content.
Top -notch
Invest in a mixture of content, third -party coverage and presence on relevant UGC platforms to increase your likelihood that your content will quote the search engine AI.
Data suggest that the earnings of mentioning on trusted third -party web locations may be even more valuable than optimizing the content of your domain.
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