WEBSITES WITH MORE ORGANIC SEARCH TRAFFIC GET MENTIONED MORE IN AI SEARCH

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Websites with higher organic search traffic are more frequently mentioned in AI search systems. Perplexity showed the strongest correlation (0.66), followed by Google AI Overviews (0.47), and ChatGPT (0.33). Perplexity's results closely mirror traditional search, while ChatGPT's data is heavily skewed by Wikipedia, which appears in 16.3% of its mentions. Google AI Overviews favor UGC like YouTube, Reddit, and Quora and under-represent social media platforms. Corporate and entertainment sites receive less visibility across all systems compared to their performance in traditional search.