CiteLens Study: SEO Decides AI Citations on Google and Perplexity, Not ChatGPT

CiteLens studied four AI engines across 320 queries: Google AI Mode and Perplexity follow SEO ~90%; ChatGPT ignores rankings and brand size entirely. As buyers increasingly get answers from AI chatbots instead of ten blue links, a new benchmark from AI-visibility platform CiteLens delivers an uncomfortable message to marketers: there is no single “AI SEO.” The […]

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