The Same AI Search Engine Can Cite Different Sources on Web and App
A 160,860-record Chinese-language study shows why interface belongs in every AI visibility observation.
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A 160,860-record Chinese-language study shows why interface belongs in every AI visibility observation.
A public cross-platform dataset shows why the number of citations and the depth of a source’s contribution to an answer must be measured separately.
A new simulation shows how citation-seeking rewrites can degrade quality—and how to keep AEO experiments inside factual and reader-value guardrails.
Turn Clarity’s automatically grouped AI citation queries into a bounded review queue for source support, page coverage, maintenance, referral behavior, and next editorial actions.
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