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Key Takeaways: Harpreet shows Ahrefs data on AI Overview citations of X.com that are increasing since March 2026 to July 2026 from approx. 250.000 to 900.000 citations As Ray raises concerns about how trustful and truthful X Posts are (and other social media platforms) Andell shows that the same is happening in Google Discover: Acceleration from the beginning of May (~38k), then a climb to ~65k by the end of the month, with the percentage visibility also doubling. After intro

Key Takeaways: Google introduced the first update to the recently introduced Open Knowledge Format (OKF) that adds a Trust Layer called OKF v0.2: new sources field: author, usage_count, last_modified generated: { by, at }: how the current content was produced, and when it last meaningfully changed. verified: [ { by, at } ]: a list of independent confirmations against the sources or the underlying resource; a human sign-off, a nightly finance process, or both. status moves a c

Key Takeaways: Konitzny (PeecAI) analyzed Query Fan-Outs and citation behavior of AI Search / LLM Chats and how they significantly shift over time In May Reddit citations as well as Query Fan-Outs with "reddit" increased and dropped in June again End of June Query Fan-Outs with "Official" (products / site / docs) jumped from 0.x% to 3.5% - in multiple countries --> government authorities, consumer protection sites and domains with "official" gain citation share In May the ope