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GuestMay 11, 2026 at 10:12 pmI feel like saying theres no major increase and showing the 2% increase is counter to the message you want to convey. Truth is we are fighting for ranking on these tier 1 2 and 3 terms for seo as is, if you can boost citations by 2% with proper schema and llms.txt type of ai due diligence, you should do that, no? And even more so if youre in a highly competitive space.
Im not sold on the AI citation, the research ive done on my own and seen results from is mostly connecting blog articles to relevant topics on reddit. I run SEO for a niche saas product and the blog>reddit pipeline seems to be whats worked best for me. I do schema in every article, and we have llms text file, and to me if they dont hurt and dont take a bunch of time to implement it is more like preparation for when that becomes the norm for AI. Im not sure it will pan out to be super positive, but if it DOES then im already in an amazing spot.