B
Evidence Grade B
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47%
47% -- lift in informational query ai citations for Sites with Article and BreadcrumbList schema (2026)
Sites with correctly implemented Article and BreadcrumbList schema combinations experienced a 47% lift in informational query citations by AI systems.
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Value
47%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
5,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Digital Applied
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Tier B
https://www.urbanelement.com/insights/the-next-buyer-you-need-to-impress-might-not-have-a-heartbeat ↗
Source Article
The Next Buyer You Need to Impress Might Not Have a Heartbeat » Urban Element
The Next Buyer You Need to Impress Might Not Have a Heartbeat
09/06/2026 | Digital Marketing | 8 minutesYour next contract might be lost before a human being ever reads your proposal. Not to a competitor with a better pitch deck, not to a sales rep with a better relationship, but to an algorithm tha…
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Digital Applied
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Digital Applied audit of 5,000 websites
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Industrymarketing
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Sites with Article and BreadcrumbList schema: 47% lift in informational query ai citations. Source: Digital Applied (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/schema-article-breadcrumb-citation-lift-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/schema-article-breadcrumb-citation-lift-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>47%</strong> -- lift in informational query ai citations for Sites with Article and BreadcrumbList schema<br><small>Source: Digital Applied (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/schema-article-breadcrumb-citation-lift-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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