Decision principle
ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Use transparent AI-search evidence other teams can inspect and cite.
Original research earns attention when the question, sample, method, exclusions and limits are visible. These resources separate observed provider answers from vendor claims and planning assumptions so a reader can reuse the finding without overstating what the dataset proves.
How to use this collection
Decision principle
Distinguish source types
Official vendor material can establish a product claim. It cannot independently prove that the product caused a ranking or customer outcome.Decision principle
Make the artifact reusable
Clear tables, methods and downloadable working material help analysts, journalists and buyers apply the research to their own decision.Start with these guides
What 31 premium SEO agencies agree on about AI search.
Learn the operating mechanisms shared by premium SEO and AEO agencies
Buyer guideWhat 20 AI-search monitoring and content platforms actually own.
Compare the operating mechanisms across AI-search and content platforms
Buyer guideWhat a 2,000-question B2B AI-search market map is designed to reveal.
Understand how a large buyer-question portfolio becomes a small content portfolio
Buyer guideAI-search monitoring versus execution: a verification matrix.
Test whether an AI-search product owns observation, action or the complete transition
Every guide in this collection
How to study citation overlap across ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Perplexity.
Measure whether AI assistants rely on the same sources for commercial questions
Buyer guideWhat 193 AI-cited Reddit threads can teach an AEO team.
Use exact AI-cited Reddit threads as research and human contribution opportunities
Buyer guideMethodology for a B2B AI-crawler access benchmark.
Benchmark public AI crawler eligibility without inventing crawler activity
Buyer guideHow to analyze the source types cited in B2B AI-search answers.
Identify the source ecosystem behind B2B commercial AI answers
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