{
  "kind": "fact",
  "studySlug": "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "slug": "pages-with-no-faq-signal-average-twenty-five-point-four-citations",
  "title": "Pages with no FAQ signal average 25.4 citations",
  "description": "The no-FAQ baseline is materially lower than the FAQ-structured subgroup.",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-03-30",
  "lastTested": "2026-03-30",
  "sourceStudyUrl": "/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation",
  "sourceStudyTitle": "The Anatomy of an AI Citation",
  "claimIds": [
    "anatomy-of-an-ai-citation:nofaq-average"
  ],
  "relatedSlugs": [
    "answer:which-schema-types-over-index-most-on-ai-cited-pages",
    "answer:do-the-most-cited-pages-look-more-structured-than-the-average-web-page",
    "tracker:schema-type-lift-tracker"
  ],
  "methodologySummary": "Built from 1,465 AI-cited pages across 950 domains, using 28,033 citation opportunities and page-level crawl analysis.",
  "limitations": [
    "Most findings are correlational. Overrepresented traits are not the same as proven causal lifts.",
    "Some subgroups, especially FAQ Schema + FAQ Content, are relatively small and should be read carefully.",
    "The study looks at cited pages rather than all uncited pages in the open web, so it is best used as a benchmark profile."
  ],
  "keywords": [
    "AI cited pages",
    "schema markup AI",
    "FAQ schema",
    "citability"
  ],
  "schemaHints": {
    "pageType": "Article",
    "includeDataset": true
  },
  "claim": "Pages with no FAQ signal average 25.4 citations in the benchmark.",
  "supportingMetrics": [
    {
      "label": "No FAQ signal average",
      "value": "25.4",
      "detail": "Average citations for pages with no FAQ signal."
    }
  ],
  "whyItMatters": "Operators should test removing FAQ schema and formatting from answer pages. This formatting delta provides a clear optimization lever for increasing AI citations.",
  "citationBlock": {
    "quote": "Pages with no FAQ signal average 25.4 citations in the benchmark.",
    "attribution": "The Anatomy of an AI Citation - Trakkr Research",
    "url": "https://trakkr.ai/trakkr-research/anatomy-of-an-ai-citation/facts/pages-with-no-faq-signal-average-twenty-five-point-four-citations"
  }
}