Research, case studies, and guides on how AI models read and cite websites.
AI answer engines don't read your site the way humans do. They extract a handful of signals and form a belief in milliseconds. Your title tag, meta description, and first 150 words are doing nearly all the work.
Some of the most sophisticated tech companies in the world have homepages that AI crawlers can barely read. Heavy JavaScript rendering means AI sees fewer than 600 words.
Analysis of 118,000+ AI-generated answers shows retrieval-first platforms average 21 citations per answer vs 8 for parametric-first. Two architectures, two completely different strategies.
