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  "slug": "why-is-gemini-citing-resellers-instead-of-my-site",
  "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/why-is-gemini-citing-resellers-instead-of-my-site",
  "question": "Why is Gemini citing resellers instead of my site?",
  "description": "Discover why Gemini prioritizes resellers over your primary site in search results and learn actionable strategies to reclaim your authority and improve visibility.",
  "summary": "When Gemini cites resellers instead of your official site, it often stems from issues with domain authority, content syndication, or lack of clear canonical signals. This guide explains how to diagnose these attribution problems, optimize your technical SEO, and ensure Gemini recognizes your site as the primary source of truth for your brand.",
  "answer": "Gemini prioritizes sources based on perceived authority, freshness, and relevance. If resellers appear instead of your site, they may have higher domain authority or better-structured data that Gemini finds easier to parse. To fix this, ensure your site uses proper canonical tags, implement structured data to highlight your brand as the original publisher, and improve your internal linking strategy. Additionally, monitor your site's crawl budget and ensure your content is not being overshadowed by syndicated versions. By strengthening your technical foundation and establishing clear authorship signals, you can encourage Gemini to favor your domain over third-party resellers in its generated responses.",
  "keywords": [
    "why is gemini citing resellers instead of my site",
    "gemini citing resellers",
    "gemini source attribution",
    "improve gemini search ranking"
  ],
  "keywordVariants": [
    "why is gemini citing resellers instead of my site",
    "why does gemini link to resellers",
    "gemini seo optimization",
    "google gemini source preference",
    "prevent content scraping in ai"
  ],
  "entities": [
    "Gemini",
    "Google",
    "Search Engine Optimization",
    "Canonical Tags",
    "Structured Data"
  ],
  "createdAt": "2025-12-31",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-29",
  "articleSection": "Citation Intelligence",
  "tags": [
    "Citation Intelligence",
    "Gemini",
    "Google",
    "Search Engine Optimization",
    "why is gemini citing resellers instead of my site",
    "gemini citing resellers"
  ],
  "author": {
    "id": "trakkr-research",
    "name": "Trakkr Research",
    "role": "Research team",
    "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/authors/trakkr-research/"
  },
  "collections": [
    {
      "slug": "collections/citations",
      "title": "Citation Intelligence"
    },
    {
      "slug": "collections/technical",
      "title": "Technical Optimization"
    },
    {
      "slug": "platforms/gemini",
      "title": "Gemini Pages"
    }
  ],
  "guides": [
    {
      "slug": "citation-audits",
      "title": "How to audit citations, sources, and answer grounding",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/citation-audits/"
    },
    {
      "slug": "technical-ai-visibility",
      "title": "Technical AI visibility setup for crawlers, schema, and discovery",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/technical-ai-visibility/"
    }
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "label": "Bing on duplicate content and AI search visibility",
      "url": "https://blogs.bing.com/webmaster/December-2025/Does-Duplicate-Content-Hurt-SEO-and-AI-Search-Visibility",
      "type": "external-doc"
    },
    {
      "label": "Google FAQPage structured data docs",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/faqpage",
      "type": "external-doc"
    },
    {
      "label": "Google Gemini",
      "url": "https://gemini.google.com/",
      "type": "external-platform"
    },
    {
      "label": "Google structured data introduction",
      "url": "https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/structured-data/intro-structured-data",
      "type": "external-doc"
    },
    {
      "label": "Trakkr homepage",
      "url": "https://trakkr.ai",
      "type": "first-party"
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