Of the buyer questions we put to AI models in a month, the share whose answer carried the seller's own URL — as a citation, as a bare host or in the text. It is the second half of the outcome that matters to a seller: being named is not the same as being linked.

Covers: 2026-08 — 2026-08
Method: Denominator: completed probe runs in the month, from 04.08.2026 when grading began. Numerator: runs with at least one graded outcome (strict, partial, host only or in text) recorded against their answer.
Method version: 1.0
Last point added: 2026-09-21

Series

| Month | Answers with an official URL | Completed questions | Point added | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-08 | 59% | 3 138 | 2026-09-21 |

Only closed months appear. A month is added once, after it ends, and is never recomputed afterwards; the "point added" column records when. The first month is partial: the series starts on 04.08.2026, when answers began to be graded.

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The value mixes models, and models differ a lot — from 52% to 83% over the same weeks. A change in the mix of models asked moves this number without any model changing.

Method

Denominator: completed probe runs in the month, from 04.08.2026 when grading began. Numerator: runs with at least one graded outcome (strict, partial, host only or in text) recorded against their answer. Method version 1.0. If the method changes, the version changes and this page states from which month the new version applies; earlier points keep the method they were computed with.

Official URL rate in AI answers

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