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Perplexity citations by source type Share of 1,195 citations across six industry verticals. Bars stack to 100%. 0% 25% 50% 75% 100% Industrial Staffing n=253 79% 8% Vertical SaaS n=219 67% 15% 14% Logistics & Freight n=190 50% 14% 20% 13% Home Services (Consumer) n=232 49% 10% 35% Professional Services n=132 39% 8% 29% 22%…

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GEO Is Not AEO. Here’s What We’re Still Figuring Out.

byDavid ChamberlainApril 22, 2026April 22, 2026

TWT News — GEO GEO Is Not AEO. Here’s What We’re Still Figuring Out. Generative Engine Optimization and Answer Engine Optimization get used interchangeably. They shouldn’t be. One is about being cited. The other is about being part of the generated answer itself — and the strategies are different enough to matter. Tampa Web Technologies…

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The Two AEO Lanes: Why Perplexity and Gemini Are More Alike Than Different

byDavid ChamberlainApril 22, 2026April 22, 2026

TWT News — AEO Analysis The Two AEO Lanes: Why Perplexity and Gemini Are More Alike Than Different The industry talks about three AI engines as three separate playbooks. The data says otherwise. Perplexity and Gemini share roughly 80% of their citation philosophy. For most brands, the real AEO planning question is not three-way —…

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AI Engines Are Writing The Tesla Narrative

byDavid ChamberlainApril 18, 2026April 22, 2026

TWT News Research & Analysis · AI Search · Brand Entity Control Tesla Dissolved Its PR Department to Control the Narrative. AI Engines Are Writing That Narrative Anyway. A structured query study across ChatGPT, Gemini, and Perplexity finds that Tesla maintains strong entity control over exactly one category of information: financial disclosures. Across press contacts,…

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The “Expand Your Footprint” Advice Is Producing Citation Dependency, Not Citation Authority

byDavid ChamberlainApril 18, 2026April 18, 2026

TWT News Research & Analysis · AI Search · Work Boot & Industrial Sectors The “Expand Your Footprint” Advice Is Producing Citation Dependency, Not Citation Authority — Data from 9 Work Boot Brands Across 3 AI Engines Widely circulated guidance tells brands that AI engines rarely cite their own domains, so the solution is more…

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What actually wins in Perplexity: a study of 1,195 citations

GEO Is Not AEO. Here’s What We’re Still Figuring Out.

The Two AEO Lanes: Why Perplexity and Gemini Are More Alike Than Different

AI Engines Are Writing The Tesla Narrative

The “Expand Your Footprint” Advice Is Producing Citation Dependency, Not Citation Authority