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https://forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/19/answer-engine-optimization-aeo--what-brands-need-to-know/ as a canonical citation page in Rank.ai's public AI answer benchmark.
A current roll-up of published ranks, normalized facts, primary evidence, and entity relationships. No missing value is inferred.
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| public_prompt_pagesBest citation position | 2 positionmeasured |
| public_prompt_pagesCited answers | 1 answersmeasured |
| public_prompt_pagesCited-answer coverage | 2.78 percentderived |
| public_prompt_pagesEngine breadth | 1 enginesmeasured |
| public_prompt_pagesMean citation position | 2 positionderived |
| public_prompt_pagesMedian citation position | 2 positionderived |
| public_prompt_pagesPrompt breadth | 1 promptsmeasured |
Every currently published position, as of Sep 7, 2026 · 100% confidence · methodology v1-parent-0445b5122b42e8cd.
| Rank | Leaderboard | Score | Explain |
|---|---|---|---|
| #39 | Most-cited pages in AI Visibility · In-house SEO/AEO Lead answers | 2.78 | Explain Most-cited pages in AI Visibility · In-house SEO/AEO Lead answers rank → |
Ranks privacy-safe canonical citation pages in the complete public prompt benchmark without additional provider calls.
Some explanation inputs are unavailable Missing: publicFrozenEvidence, comparablePriorRanking.
100% confidence · 41% component coverage · as of Sep 7, 2026, 12:00 AM UTC
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| aggregateArtifactHash | 525e4a52037221c6f473d93a9783493a44a07e8160e7eb098c00454068b89dc9 | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
| answerDenominator | 36 | Unavailable | 36 | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
7 published observations for forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/19/answer-engine-optimization-aeo--what-brands-need-to-know/, all at 100% confidence, as of Sep 7, 2026. Open a row for the source, evidence location, extraction method, and quality state.
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| Cited-answer coveragepublic-prompt-page-answer-coverage | 2.7778percent | derived | View source
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| canonicalPageUrl | https://forbes.com/sites/lutzfinger/2025/06/19/answer-engine-optimization-aeo--what-brands-need-to-know/ | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
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| engineDenominator | 3 | Unavailable | 3 | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
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| positionDenominator | 1 | Unavailable | 1 | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
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| positionNumerator | 2 | Unavailable | 2 | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
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| promptDenominator | 12 | Unavailable | 12 | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
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| public prompt page answer coverage | 2.777778 | 100% | 2.778 | 1 | available |
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| public prompt page best position | 2 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
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| public prompt page cited answer count | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
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| public prompt page engine breadth | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
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| public prompt page mean position | 2 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
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| public prompt page median position | 2 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
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| public prompt page prompt breadth | 1 | 0% | 0 | 1 | available |
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| queryStringsPublished | 0 | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
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| sourceVisibilityOnly | 1 | Unavailable | — | 0 | unavailableno_public_frozen_evidence |
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| Best citation positionpublic-prompt-page-best-position | 2position | measured | View source
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| Median citation positionpublic-prompt-page-median-position | 2position | derived | View source
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| Cited answerspublic-prompt-page-cited-answer-count | 1answers | measured | View source
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| Mean citation positionpublic-prompt-page-mean-position | 2position | derived | View source
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