Ahrefs data shows ChatGPT citing regulators, research databases and brand sites more, and summary sites less.

Semrush’s index finds AI names many brands without citing their websites, a gap one visibility score cannot show.

Google Ads API v26 lets approved advertisers pull Search Lift results, linking video spend to brand searches.

ChatGPT links lost their tracking tag for a week, so October reports count many AI-referred visits as Direct.

Only one statistic in LinkedIn’s case for viewpoint over formatting carries a source, and LinkedIn co-produced it.

Ahrefs found Google AI Overviews on 63 of 100 big-brand searches by 30 September, mostly citing Wikipedia.

OpenAI tests picture ads beside ChatGPT’s AI images in the US and adds the conversion tracking B2B teams asked for.

Gemini has been seen adding UTM tags to its links, giving GA4 a second signal for AI visits that referrers miss.

Every AI Overview citation shares one Search Console position, and Google says making that useful is hard.

A valid sitemap can still show “Couldn’t fetch”. Google says the cause is often low crawl demand, not the XML file.

Informa TechTarget's new AI recommends sales pitches from intent data, but its headline stats carry no methodology.

Google Search Console now reports Lens and Circle to Search traffic by page, but gives site owners no query data.

Vendor data shows LinkedIn reach falling and concentrating, but nothing yet proves the feed was rebuilt to sell ads.

ChatGPT reached 1.09bn US visits in July, passing Bing and DuckDuckGo, while Google itself still grew 10.72%.

Publishers spent $113m buying back search traffic in July, and Forbes alone accounts for $72.2m of the total.

Google is testing exact and phrase match ads inside AI Mode, and advertisers have no switch to turn it off.

AI visibility data now splits into directional and decision-grade tiers, and only one should ever move a budget.

Similarweb’s new AI Ads tool reveals which brands run ads inside ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and AI Overviews.

ChatGPT Ads reaches 31 European markets on 24 August, but only agencies can buy and self-serve has no date.

ChatGPT referrals to the B2B sites Demandbase tracks rose 303% in a year, while rival AI assistants stalled.