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How Gemini picks sources (the Google ecosystem edition)
Gemini grounds on Google's own index, Knowledge Graph, and YouTube. Here is how it decides what to cite, and why an entity footprint matters more than backlinks.
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Claude source selection and why brands get under-cited
Claude searches the web through Brave, cites the most selectively of any major engine, and defaults to its training corpus. Here is how it picks sources.
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How to rank in Google AI Overviews (2026)
Ranking top 10 used to be the lever. After Gemini 3, it is not. Here is how AI Overviews really picks sources in 2026, and what to do about it.
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How to appear in Perplexity answers (a Reddit-first playbook)
Reddit is 46.7% of Perplexity's top-cited sources. Here is how Perplexity retrieves, why Reddit dominates, and the exact playbook to get cited.
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How to warm up a new Quora account: the 30-day plan
A new Quora account is on a hair trigger for 30 days. The week-by-week warmup plan that clears moderation before you post a single link.
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The Quora ads manager weekly-views hack for estimating question traffic
Quora hid public view counts years ago. The Ads Manager still shows an estimated weekly-views number per question, and reading it costs nothing.
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Reddit CQS tier distribution: what 4,544 accounts showed
A 4,544-account Signals audit shows why karma alone does not predict Reddit posting eligibility.
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Show HN title formulas that actually work in 2026
The Show HN title formula that earns the front page is boring on purpose. Here is the structure, the data behind it, and the phrasings to avoid.
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How to write a Reddit AMA intro (with verification)
Most founder AMAs die on the proof line, not the questions. Here is the intro structure, the verification formats subs accept, and the first-hour script.
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Why your Reddit comments get 0 upvotes (a diagnostic decision tree)
A diagnostic for Reddit comments stuck at 0 upvotes: separate invisible, buried, fuzzed, and ignored before you blame the writing.
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Does FAQ schema actually improve your AI citation rate?
FAQ schema correlates with more AI citations, but the markup is not the cause. The visible Q&A content is. Here is what the controlled studies actually found.
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How Google AI Mode picks sources (different from AI Overviews)
AI Mode and AI Overviews share only 13.7% of their citations. Here is how AI Mode selects sources, and why being cited in one does not get you the other.
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