How we measure AI citations
For the questions this site targets, we track whether Google's AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini mention or cite rafalai.com. We recorded a baseline on 11 Oct 2026 and have rechecked weekly since.
Where we started: 11 Oct 2026
| Surface | Questions | rafalai.com at baseline |
|---|---|---|
| Google AI Overviews (all 12 showed an overview) | 12 | 0 of 12 cited |
| ChatGPT (gpt-4o-mini, web search on) | 8 | 0 of 8 |
| Perplexity (sonar) | 8 | 0 of 8 |
| Gemini (gemini-2.5-flash) | 8 | 0 of 8 |
Answers collected through DataForSEO.
How each check works
Scoring. In AI Overviews, a citation is rafalai.com among the overview's source links. In ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini, we count any appearance of our name or site in the answer, in the text or the links.
Rechecks. We have rechecked weekly since the 11 Oct 2026 baseline.
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