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Google's Generative AI Report, Next to a Citation Sweep of the Same Site
Google now reports which pages it showed inside generative AI features. We put that export beside our own multi-engine citation sweep of the same site over the same 28 days — and the first thing worth saying is that the two denominators are nothing alike.
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Self-Hosting Your SEO Stack: What It Actually Costs
Open-source SEO tools are having a moment, and self-hosting one is a real option. Here is the honest arithmetic: metered data fees, maintenance, a history that starts at zero, and one upstream you do not control.
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42% of Brands AI Knows By Name Vanish When You Ask for Alternatives
AI engines name 91% of SaaS brands asked directly. Ask the same engine for alternatives in that category and 42% of them disappear. Measured across 101 brands.
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High Domain Rating Buys You Nothing in AI Answers
We crossed Ahrefs Domain Rating with AI citation rates for 101 SaaS brands. The highest-DR band is cited least often. Here is the data and its limits.
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Which SaaS Categories AI Actually Recommends (13 Categories, Measured)
Analytics tools score 93 out of 100 on AI visibility. Video tools score 33. We measured 13 SaaS categories on the same three questions in July 2026.
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Why Ranking #1 on Google Doesn't Get You Cited by AI (833 Keywords, 831 Never Checked)
A site we own ranked on page one for 833 Google keywords as of 2026-08-12 — and 831 of them had never been checked against a single AI engine. Why Google rankings don't transfer to AI answers, and why 'not cited' and 'not checked' are different findings.