ACME.BOT ResearchOriginal data studies from ACME.BOT on answer engines and organic search.https://acme.bot/research/en-usAnswer engines prefer to cite old pages that have been regularly updatedhttps://acme.bot/research/ai-answers-cite-old-pages-kept-fresh/https://acme.bot/research/ai-answers-cite-old-pages-kept-fresh/A pilot study of 356 pages cited by ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and AI Overview. The typical cited page is two years old; seven in ten were edited in the last year.Sat, 12 Sep 2026 00:00:00 GMTanswer-engine-optimizationChatGPT beats both Google AI Mode and AI Overviews in quality 84% of the timehttps://acme.bot/research/answer-quality-chatgpt-vs-google/https://acme.bot/research/answer-quality-chatgpt-vs-google/A pilot study: blind, ranked comparison of ChatGPT, Google AI Mode and AI Overview on 25 real prompts. ChatGPT won 21 of 25. Full per-query data below.Mon, 31 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMTanswer-engine-optimization