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Citations and sources

What is Source diversity?

The variety of domains, formats and viewpoints used

Source diversity measures whether an answer depends on a few domains or combines independent viewpoints. More sources do not guarantee better evidence if they copy one another.

What Source diversity means in GEO

A brand mention and a URL citation are different signals. This category separates presence, evidence and attribution quality.

Why it matters

Build coverage across owned sites, media, documentation, communities and primary sources without duplicating the same message.

What to check in practice

Save the claim, cited URL and source passage. This makes it possible to verify whether attribution is correct and sufficient.

How it connects to other concepts

Source diversity belongs to citations and sources. It is best analyzed alongside related terms because AI visibility depends on several stages and signals rather than one isolated optimization.

Common mistake

Counting every link as a valid citation without checking which claim it supports.

Turn these concepts into metrics

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