How to Structure Content So AI Models Actually Cite It (Based on a 602-Prompt Study)
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A research study analyzed 602 prompts across ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity, tracking 21,000 citations to find out what makes an AI model cite one source over another. The answer isn't backlinks. It isn't domain authority. It's content structure. I took those findings and applied every one of them to my blog. Here's the data, what I changed, and the implementation I use. The five strategies ranked by citation influence Not all content strategies perform equally when AI models decid