The rest of Thunderdome measures what the models recommend from their own training. This page is different: it measures what they cite when they search the web live to answer a buying question. Those citations are the real-world battleground for AI visibility, and they split into two kinds: a vendor's own content, and third-party listicles and review sites.
16 of 24 grounded answers carried citations, across 82 source references.
Third-party sources (listicles, reviews)
Brand-owned sources (a vendor's own site)
15 of 24 grounded answers carried citations, across 77 source references.
Third-party sources (listicles, reviews)
Brand-owned sources (a vendor's own site)
16 of 24 grounded answers carried citations, across 89 source references.
Third-party sources (listicles, reviews)
Brand-owned sources (a vendor's own site)
Grounded answers collected via provider web search; a citation is counted once per answer that references the domain, with the distinct-page count shown where available. Brand-owned = the domain matches a measured brand in the category. How measurement works.