Two GEO defense papers test different failures in AI answers
Two September 2026 papers study GEO defenses. Compare factual distortion with source-selection manipulation, and download our evidence-review worksheet.
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Gemini 3.8 Flash Is Live: Test Search Citations Before Switching
Gemini 3.8 Flash is generally available with Google Search grounding, but capability is not evidence of better citations. Use a matched query-and-claim ledger before migrating.
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Perplexity SEO: Audit Crawlers, Citations, Referrals and Source Labels
Audit PerplexityBot and Perplexity-User separately, validate cited claims, capture source labels and connect detectable referrals to qualified outcomes.
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Google AI Overviews SEO: What Makes a Page Eligible for Citations
Google documents ordinary Search eligibility for AI Overview supporting links—not a special schema or guaranteed inclusion. The workflow starts there.
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ChatGPT SEO: How to Earn Discovery, Citations and Clicks
A practical ChatGPT SEO workflow that separates crawler discovery, answer citations, referral clicks and qualified outcomes instead of hiding them in one score.
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Search and AI Changes: August 24–30, 2026
Five search and AI changes from August 24–30, covering signed-in browsing, AI Overview expansion, local bookings, source labels and reporting errors.
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Category Entry Points for AI Search: Test Protocol
Semrush reports gains from buyer-situation content. We audit the vendor case study and provide a frozen-prompt replication protocol for citations, mentions, recommendations, and referrals.
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Perplexity Source Labels Apply to Domains, Not Every Page or Claim
Perplexity’s Government, Academic, and Trusted labels provide domain-level context. They do not endorse every page, verify every claim, or promise citation visibility.
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Reddit’s ChatGPT Citation Share Fell 86%, but the Drop Was Platform-Specific
Promptwatch and an independent sample found a steep ChatGPT decline. A separate 7.3-million-citation report found Reddit stable or rising elsewhere, so the percentages cannot be combined.
