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53 -- average domain authority for Always-cited AI search pages (2026)
In an AirOps analysis, always-cited AI search pages had an average Domain Authority (DA) score of 53.0.
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53
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Data Vintage
2026
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Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
AirOps
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Tier B
https://betteraisearch.com/tactics/backlinks-ai-search ↗
Source Article
Backlinks and AI Search: The Indirect Relationship
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AirOps
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Methodology
AirOps analysis; never-cited pages averaged DA 55.7 — inverse correlation with AI citation
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Always-cited AI search pages: 53 average domain authority. Source: AirOps (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/always-cited-pages-da-53-vs-55-7
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