Research
Numbers we can source, not numbers that sound good.
Every stat on our homepage links to something here — either published third-party research or a study we ran ourselves with the same tooling behind every real audit. If a claim isn't backed by one of these, tell us and we'll fix it.
Market research
How big is the AEO problem, and why is it growing so fast?
What the current 2026 research says about the shift from search to AI-assisted answers, and the visibility gap between big and small brands.
Original research
We checked 12 real local-business websites for AI-crawler access
A small, disclosed sample across plumbing, dental, roofing and legal sites — checked with the same crawlability and content tooling that runs on every real Citely audit. Full methodology included.