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12,264
12,264 -- machine written searches captured for ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini (UK and Ireland category questions) (2026-07)
SearchIntel captured 12,264 machine-written searches from ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini across 177 category questions in the UK and Ireland.
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12,264
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2026-07
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177
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B
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95
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60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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SearchIntel
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https://www.searchintel.tech/blog/ai-citation-strategy/ ↗
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How to Get Cited by AI | SearchIntel
You assume that getting cited by AI is a content problem: write clearer pages, add schema, make sure ChatGPT can read what you already publish. Those steps fix being read. They do not fix being found, and the evidence points to two different starting points for each.
Most citation advice treats an A…
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SearchIntel Study 02: 177 category questions run five times each across three AI engines, UK and Ireland
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ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini (UK and Ireland category questions): 12,264 machine written searches captured. Source: SearchIntel (2026-07). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/ai-engine-machine-searches-captured-2026
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