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98.6% of AI Citations Were Third-Party. The Measurement Contract Matters More Than the Headline.

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98.6% of visible citations in a recent OpenAI local-business study came from third-party websites. That is the sort of number that can change an AEO strategy overnight. It can also become misleading very quickly if the measurement contract is not visible. The study was sent to me by James Tandy, fo…

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    98.6% of AI Citations Were Third-Party. The Measurement Contract Matters More Than the Headline.

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