RANK.AI / PUBLISHED METHOD

Public AI Visibility Platforms answer source visibility

Ranks URL-derived citation hostnames in the complete public prompt benchmark without additional provider calls.

Version: 2-parent-aeaa87829ffde373
Published: Jul 27, 2026
Live boards: 1
Method ID: ai-search-visibility-platforms-source-visibility

SOURCE CONTRACT

Where the facts come from

Provider Count: 3
Provider Matrix Version: 64232fd32583
Source Methodology Version: 2-parent-aeaa87829ffde373

RANKING RULE

How the order is produced

unique cited-answer coverage descending; engine breadth descending; median answer-level citation position ascending; mean answer-level citation position ascending; hostname ascending

REFRESH POLICY

When the method reruns

daily

LIVE BOARD COVERAGE

Boards using this version

Only live, quality-gated boards appear. Each board opens on the exact published table and evidence path.

Board	Primary measure	Rows	Confidence	Freshness	Board version	Cadence	Evidence
Most-cited domains in AI Visibility Platforms answersai-search-visibility-platforms-most-cited-domains	public-prompt-source-answer-coverage	150	100%	current	2-parent-aeaa87829ffde373	daily	Open board →

VERSIONED CONTRACT

Complete measurement ledger

These fields are stored with the methodology version. A changed contract must publish a new version before comparable movement can resume.

Scope

ai-search-visibility-platforms

Semantics

This is sourcing visibility in structured model/API citations. A citation is not a recommendation, endorsement, authority score, quality judgment, correctness judgment, or consumer-app share.

Limitations

The board covers one fixed AI Visibility Platforms buying-prompt category, not all topics or all AI answer surfaces.
Models can vary between runs; the board is one complete daily cohort across the configured model/API versions.
Citation position is the provider adapter's normalized structured-citation ordering, not a prose sentiment measure.

Prompt Count

Rank Formula

unique cited-answer coverage descending; engine breadth descending; median answer-level citation position ascending; mean answer-level citation position ascending; hostname ascending

Corpus Version

ai-search-visibility-platforms-2026-07-27

Provider Count

Evidence Policy

Source Evidence: validated canonical citation URL, URL-derived hostname, position, provider artifact hash, and aggregate artifact hash
Provider Calls For This Board: 0
Full Provider Answers Published: No
Full Provider Answers Stored In Public Index: No

Benchmark Version

4-ai-search-visibility-platforms-2026-07-27-models-64232fd32583

Canonicalization

Accept only absolute HTTP(S) URLs with public-looking DNS names.
Derive the hostname from the URL; ignore provider domain labels.
Remove fragments and normalize default HTTP(S) ports.
Deduplicate each canonical URL within one prompt/provider answer.
For duplicates, keep the best positive 1-based position.

Metric Denominators

Mean Position: sum of validated answer-level citation positions divided by the exact number of deduplicated answer-URL observations
Engine Breadth: 3 providers
Answer Coverage: 36 successful prompt/provider answers
Median Position: middle validated answer-level citation position after sorting; for even samples, the midpoint of the two central positions