Choose Publications AI Engines Already Cite for Your Buyers
A five step audit a CMO can run in 30 minutes to approve publication targets AI engines already cite for category queries.
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Which publications to pursue
Which publications AI engines cite for your buyers, category by category, and how to turn that evidence into a pitch list worth the budget.
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Fierce Healthcare Is 2nd on News and 57th on Buying
A healthcare services pitch list read from seven published segments, and the gap between outlets that win industry news and outlets buyers are shown.
The Training Software Site AI Cites More Than Forbes
A pitch list for learning and training software, built from all six published buyer shapes, and the source-class label that hides the strongest target from anyone who filters on it.
Healthcare Software's Top Cited Source Isn't Press
In the Machine Relations Index's Healthcare Services segment, the top-citing 'editorial publication' domain is an EHR vendor's own site. Here's the pitch list the data actually supports.
Two Publications With the Same AI Citation Rate Are Not the Same Buy
Of the 99 publications the Machine Relations Index scores, the median one is in the cited set on 24 of 130 observed days.
Buy Every Publication AI Cites in Your Category and You Still Miss Half the Answers
Across 86 published buyer-question segments, the best single publication is cited in a median 12.6% of answers and every cited publication summed reaches a median 51.0%.
Most Publications AI Engines Cite Answer Exactly One Buyer Question
Of 1,238 publications AI engines cite, 47 hold a top-ten position on any published buyer question and 35 of those hold exactly one. A pitch list built as a single list is built wrong.
The HR Software Publications AI Engines Actually Cite
An HR software pitch list built from the first published buyer-choice citation leaderboard — and the seven-date evidence limit that keeps rank 11 from becoming false certainty.
The Enterprise Software Publications AI Engines Actually Cite
A pitch list for enterprise software built from observed AI citations, split by the question a buyer asked — and the finding that no trade publication holds the top slot in any of the six.
The Publications AI Cites for Your Industry News Are Not the Ones It Cites for Your Buyers
Across five categories, 72 of the 104 publications AI engines cite for industry news hold no top-100 slot on a published buyer question.
The Cybersecurity Publications AI Engines Actually Cite
A cybersecurity pitch list built from observed AI citations, split by the question a buyer asked, with the vendor-run properties competing for the same slots.
Which Publications Do AI Search Engines Actually Cite in 2026
AI search engines skew hard toward certain page types, but the cited field is wide: 22,320 domains, 1,230 classified publications, and no single domain above 4.1% of its category.
How to Get Featured in Forbes for AI Visibility: A CMO Playbook
A practical playbook for earning Forbes coverage that AI engines can actually surface.
What a Wall Street Journal Pitch Has to Prove in 2026
WSJ placement is now a direct AI citation input. Three editorial paths, the pitch mechanics that work, and what every CMO needs to know before reaching out.
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Budget and measurement
What a CMO should fund when AI builds the shortlist, and how to measure whether it worked: budget splits, attribution, and the numbers to report.
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What marketing hands sales when buyers arrive with an AI-built shortlist: proof packs, claim checks, and the sentences a rep must not repeat.