What should you copy from pages that already win citations? | Trakkr Research
Copy the structure, not the brand halo. Use explicit answers, dense but skimmable sections, visible authorship, clear metadata, and supporting schema where it genuinely helps parseability.
Methodology: Built from 1,465 AI-cited pages across 950 domains, using 28,033 citation opportunities and page-level crawl analysis.
Direct Answer
Mostly, copy the structure and metadata. Use explicit answers, dense but skimmable sections, visible authorship, clear metadata, and supporting schema where it genuinely helps parseability.
What this means
Teams can use these findings as an operating rule when deciding what to publish, refresh, or measure next, prioritizing machine readability over purely aesthetic design choices.
Evidence table
| Metric | Value | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Pages with schema | 67.8% | Share of cited pages with schema markup. |
| Canonical tag rate | 91.4% | Share of cited pages with a canonical tag. |
| OG tag rate | 89.2% | Share of cited pages with Open Graph tags. |
| Person schema lift | 9.4x | Person schema over-indexes heavily on cited pages. |
Frequently Asked Questions
How common is schema markup on cited pages?
Pages with schema account for 67.8% of cited pages.
Does authorship markup impact citation rates?
Person schema over-indexes heavily on cited pages, showing a 9.4x lift.
Which basic HTML tags are most prevalent on cited URLs?
The canonical tag rate is 91.4% and the OG tag rate is 89.2% among cited pages.
What to do next
- Make answer pages denser, more structured, and more explicit about authorship and freshness.
- Use schema where it helps machine readability, but avoid treating markup as a substitute for strong content.
- Design pages to be extractable using concise answers, tables, lists, authors, and clearly marked evidence.
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Data & Sources
- The Anatomy of an AI Citation - Flagship study behind this page
- Page JSON - Machine-readable companion file