{
  "title": "Selected Aitoma AI search citation observations",
  "published": "2026-10-21T17:27:56.872238+00:00",
  "publisher": "Aitoma",
  "report_url": "https://aitoma.ai/research/ai-search-citation-audit",
  "selection": "Four purposively selected completed observations from a broader audit. Not a complete panel, random sample, citation-rate denominator or platform ranking.",
  "collection": "Browser automation in signed-in consumer interfaces using temporary conversations and English prompts. Location was not controlled. Temporary mode does not establish absence of account or regional effects.",
  "limitations": [
    "Aitoma studies its own visibility and has a commercial interest.",
    "Observed interface modes differ; ChatGPT model was not inspected.",
    "No causal attribution to site edits, indexing requests, redirects or outreach.",
    "No Google AI Overview or AI Mode result is represented.",
    "No statistical generalization, market-wide ranking or repeatability claim.",
    "Summaries are published; private account UI and full raw captures are not."
  ],
  "observations": [
    {
      "id": "C1",
      "observed_date": "2026-10-21",
      "engine": "ChatGPT",
      "mode": "Temporary; model not inspected",
      "prompt": "Search the web: What is Aitoma, and where can I find its finished creative examples?",
      "query_class": "branded",
      "brand_mentioned": true,
      "outcome": "Legacy site explicitly linked; old gallery description. Opening a source chip reached the current Spanish homepage.",
      "answer_link": "https://www.aitoma.studio/?utm_source=chatgpt.com",
      "opened_source_destination": "https://aitoma.ai/es?utm_source=chatgpt.com",
      "accuracy_scope": "Observed gallery and identity mismatch only; not a full factual evaluation of every sentence.",
      "attempt_note": "Fresh temporary conversation; no corrective follow-up supplied."
    },
    {
      "id": "C2",
      "observed_date": "2026-10-21",
      "engine": "Gemini",
      "mode": "Temporary / Flash",
      "prompt": "Search the web: What is Aitoma, and where can I find its finished creative examples?",
      "query_class": "branded",
      "brand_mentioned": true,
      "outcome": "Current examples and resources linked; examples citation source dialog inspected.",
      "answer_link": "https://aitoma.ai/examples",
      "opened_source_destination": null,
      "verified_source_url": "https://aitoma.ai/examples",
      "accuracy_scope": "Checked current example names and destination; not a validation of every platform capability in the answer.",
      "attempt_note": "Initial service error; one Retry produced the completed answer. Error excluded from the observation."
    },
    {
      "id": "C3",
      "observed_date": "2026-10-21",
      "engine": "Gemini",
      "mode": "Temporary / Flash",
      "prompt": "Search the web: Where can I find a creative review checklist for videos and carousels?",
      "query_class": "unbranded",
      "brand_mentioned": true,
      "outcome": "Aitoma creative-review template named and cited. Source dialog inspected and live canonical destination opened.",
      "answer_link": null,
      "verified_source_url": "https://aitoma.ai/templates/creative-review",
      "opened_source_destination": "https://aitoma.ai/templates/creative-review",
      "accuracy_scope": "Citation excerpt reflected an earlier page version; citation is not evidence that the newest worksheet was read.",
      "attempt_note": "One completed observation."
    },
    {
      "id": "C4",
      "observed_date": "2026-10-21",
      "engine": "Gemini",
      "mode": "Temporary / Flash",
      "prompt": "Search the web: How can I estimate the human workload involved in AI content production?",
      "query_class": "unbranded",
      "brand_mentioned": false,
      "outcome": "Completed answer did not mention or cite Aitoma. A MindStudio source chip was visible.",
      "answer_link": null,
      "opened_source_destination": null,
      "accuracy_scope": "No Aitoma discovery in this answer. Other generated statements were not validated as benchmarks.",
      "attempt_note": "An accidentally interrupted submission was retained separately. A clean fresh conversation produced the completed observation."
    }
  ],
  "diagnostic_followup": {
    "observed_date": "2026-10-21",
    "google_search_console": [
      {
        "url": "https://aitoma.ai/tools/content-workload-estimator",
        "indexed": true,
        "canonical": "Inspected URL",
        "last_crawl_date_displayed": "2026-10-21",
        "fetch": "Successful"
      },
      {
        "url": "https://aitoma.ai/templates/creative-review",
        "indexed": true,
        "canonical": "Inspected URL",
        "last_crawl_date_displayed": "2026-10-20",
        "fetch": "Successful"
      }
    ],
    "separate_search_tool": {
      "queries": [
        "site:aitoma.ai/tools/content-workload-estimator",
        "site:aitoma.ai/templates/creative-review"
      ],
      "target_resources_returned": false,
      "observation": "Legacy homepage surfaced; direct tool opens failed, independent HTTP fetches succeeded."
    },
    "interpretation": "Google indexing verified at inspection time; retrieval, ranking and AI citation remain separate tests. Not a provider comparison or a claim about index status at the earlier conversation time."
  }
}