The Google goto Redirect Broke Our AI Citation Tracking in a Single Week
Google confirmed the google.com/goto redirect on 26 August 2026. Our AI citation capture went from 209 source URLs to zero in one week. What broke, and why.
We Counted 8 Weeks of AI Citations. Reddit and LinkedIn Won.
We counted every source Google AI Mode cited for 10 buying questions across 8 weeks. Reddit led on 8 of 10, LinkedIn on 8 of 10. Method and caveat inside.
Our AI Search Visibility Is 39 of 40 and 5 of 80. Both Numbers Are Real.
Your AI search visibility score blends two unrelated questions. We publish our own numbers, including the weak half, and show how to split yours today.
The Coming GEO Reversion: When AI Engines Start Punishing AI-Heavy Content
AI engines don’t punish AI content today. The incentives say a turn is coming. What the GEO reversion is, the signals behind it, and how to hedge now.
Every SEO Dashboard Built Before 2026 Measures the Wrong Half of AI Search
Rankings up, pipeline flat? Your SEO dashboard measures the clicked web and misses citations and mentions, the two AI-search metrics that decide who wins.
Most Sites Don’t Have an SEO Problem, They Have an Entity Problem
Your pages rank and AI answers still skip you. That is not an SEO problem, it is an entity problem. The diagnostic that tells you which one you have.
The Highest-Ranking Sites Are Getting the Fewest AI Citations
Your page ranks first and a lower page gets the AI citation. Ranking and citation are two different races. Here is the mechanism and the page-level fix.
Mention Mechanics: Why Reddit Earns AI Answer Mentions and You Don’t
A mention is your brand named inside an AI answer, and your website cannot earn it. Here is the off-page consensus mechanism that decides who gets named.
Citation Architecture: The Page-Level Signals AI Mode Actually Reads
AI Mode cites the page it can reconstruct, not the best one. The four page-level layers that earn a citation, in the order the engine reads them.
Entity Coherence: The SEO Audit Most Sites Skip (And Why It’s Now Load-Bearing for GEO)
Schema alone earns no AI citations. Entity coherence decides whether AI can assemble who you are. The audit, the failure modes, and a first-hand test.