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Citation Observatory
Transparent first-party data on whether AI search engines cite this glossary. 90 terms × 5 engines × multi-probe sweeps run as capacity allows. Site launched 2026-05-14; first scheduled full review 2026-06-19.
Methodology
Each term carries a sidecar set of probe variations (typically 2-4 phrasings covering the term itself, the question it answers, and adjacent practitioner queries). Every variation is run against each of the five engines; a cell is marked cited if aisearchglossary.comappears in any variation's source list across that engine, partial if the domain is mentioned but our specific entry URL is not the surfaced source, and not cited if no variation surfaces the domain. Untested cells are simply not yet covered in the current sweep. See editorial methodology for the full protocol including signal sources beyond direct probes.
Cells probed
305 / 450
67.8% of the 450-cell matrix
Cells cited
51 / 305
16.7% citation rate among probed cells
Last sweep
Probes run as capacity allows; full sweeps target monthly review milestones.
Citation over time
Distinct terms cited by any of the five engines, per probe round. The solid line is the cumulative count ever cited; the dashed line is this round alone. The point of the series is to watch it change.
Terms probed per round (n): 13 / 30 / 13 / 18. Elicited-probe data — we ask each engine a fixed set of questions and record whether aisearchglossary.com appears in the cited sources, not engine telemetry. The frozen panel began on 2026-06-09; earlier rounds used rotating panels, so the amber gap still mixes true citation rotation with terms simply not re-probed. As more frozen-panel rounds accumulate, the gap becomes a clean rotation signal.
By engine
| Engine | Cited | Not cited | Untested | Cited rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ChatGPT | 22 | 43 | 25 | 33.8% |
| Perplexity | 12 | 61 | 17 | 16.4% |
| Claude | 8 | 49 | 33 | 14.0% |
| Copilot | 0 | 54 | 36 | 0.0% |
| Gemini | 9 | 47 | 34 | 16.1% |