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AEO RESEARCHJul 29, 2026 · 14 min
We ran 50,000 prompts through five AI platforms. Here's what gets a brand cited.
Comparison pages beat feature pages 3.2×. Community threads punch far above their traffic. And schema markup matters more than anyone admits.
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Rui Kimura, Research
CITATION RATE BY PAGE TYPE
Comparison pages38%
Reviews & roundups31%
Documentation14%
Feature pages12%
Pricing pages5%
GUIDEJul 22 · 9 min
llms.txt, explained: what it is and whether you need one
A practical walkthrough of the emerging standard, with examples from 40 sites already using it.
PRODUCTJul 15 · 4 min
Conversation Explorer now covers multi-turn threads
Follow-up questions change which brands get recommended. Now you can see exactly where.
AEO RESEARCHJul 8 · 11 min
How AI Overviews picks its sources, measured across 8,000 queries
Google's answer engine behaves differently from chat assistants. The overlap is smaller than you think.
GUIDEJun 30 · 7 min
Building a prompt set that actually reflects your buyers
Bad prompt sets produce comforting dashboards. Here's how to write ones that hurt — usefully.
PRODUCTJun 24 · 3 min
Agent Analytics adds llms.txt validation
Catch syntax errors and unreachable paths before crawlers do.
AEO RESEARCHJun 17 · 12 min
The sentiment gap: when AI mentions you but shouldn't
A mention with stale pricing or a wrong feature list costs more than absence. Measuring the difference.
The Answr IndexJULY 2026
The 500 domains AI cites most, ranked monthly across five platforms. The category's public benchmark — free, no email wall.
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