Source Preferences, Citation Accuracy and Product Recommendations

Published: 9 October 2026 Research commentary: CGO Media Research Team Executive Summary Recent research offers useful insights into how AI systems select sources, construct answers and recommend products. The central issue for businesses is that relevant content, credible sources and persuasive explanations do not always [...]

Answer Construction, Source Selection and Citation Faithfulness

Briefing date: 25 September 2026 Research commentary: CGO Media Research Team Executive Summary This research briefing examines three recent papers exploring how AI systems retrieve information, organise evidence, construct answers and attach citations. All three are preprints, and their findings should be interpreted within the [...]

AI Entity Authority Research Observations UK 2026

CGO Media Research Observations · United Kingdom UPDATED 5TH OCTOBER 2026 AI Entity Authority Research UK 2026 AI Entity Authority Research UK 2026 examines how organisations are represented, understood, differentiated and validated across search engines, AI assistants, generative search systems and the wider digital information [...]

AI Search Visibility Research Observations UK 2026

CGO Media Research Observations · United Kingdom 2026 Measuring Organisational Visibility Across AI Search AI Search Visibility Research UK 2026 examines how organisations can measure whether they are being recognised, cited, mentioned, compared and recommended across AI-mediated search and answer environments. Research Type Research Observations [...]

AI Recommendation Authority Research Observations UK 2026

CGO Media Research How Organisations Become Recommended Across AI-Mediated Search & Discovery AI Recommendation Authority Research UK 2026 Research Type Evidence-Led Research Observations Geographic Focus United Kingdom Research Observations 50 Original Publication 22 July 2026 Last Reviewed 5 October 2026 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22767920 Executive Summary AI-mediated [...]

AI Citation Authority Research Observations UK 2026

CGO Media Research How Organisations Become Cited, Referenced & Attributed Across AI-Powered Search AI Citation Authority Research Observations UK 2026 Research Type Evidence-Led Research Observations Geographic Focus United Kingdom Research Observations 50 Research Year 2026 Last Reviewed 5 October 2026 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22768106 Executive Summary AI-powered [...]

AI Brand Authority Research Observations UK 2026

CGO Media Research How Organisations Become Recognised, Understood & Represented Across AI-Powered Search AI Brand Authority Research Observations UK 2026 Research Type Evidence-Led Research Observations Geographic Focus United Kingdom Research Observations 50 Research Year 2026 Last Reviewed 5 October 2026 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22768291 Executive Summary AI-powered [...]

AI Search Authority Research Observations UK 2026

CGO Media ResearchHow Organisations Build Measurable Authority Across AI-Powered SearchAI Search Authority Research Observations UK 2026Research TypeEvidence-Led Research ObservationsGeographic FocusUnited KingdomResearch Observations50Research Year2026Last Reviewed6 October 2026Research SeriesAI Search Research SeriesExecutive SummaryAI-mediated search creates several forms of organisational visibility that cannot be measured adequately through conventional rankings [...]

AI Search ROI Research Observations UK 2026

CGO Media Research Measuring the Commercial Return from AI-Mediated Search AI Search ROI Research Observations UK 2026 Research Type Evidence-Led Research Observations Geographic Focus United Kingdom Research Observations 50 Research Year 2026 Last Reviewed 6 October 2026 DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22769077 Executive Summary AI-mediated search creates new [...]

Link Building Statistics UK 2026

Updated: 27th September 2026 Link building has changed substantially from the period when backlink volume alone was treated as a primary measure of off-page SEO performance. In 2026, organisations increasingly need to consider a much broader authority environment involving: referring domains; editorial backlinks; topical relevance; [...]

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