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  "slug": "why-is-google-ai-overviews-citing-low-quality-sources-instead-of-our-primary-comparison-pages",
  "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/why-is-google-ai-overviews-citing-low-quality-sources-instead-of-our-primary-comparison-pages",
  "question": "Why is Google AI Overviews citing low-quality sources instead of our primary comparison pages?",
  "description": "Discover why Google AI Overviews may prioritize low-quality sources over your primary comparison pages and learn actionable strategies to improve your site's citation. The strongest setup is the one that makes the answer measurable, monitorable, and easy to compare over time.",
  "summary": "Google AI Overviews often prioritizes third-party aggregators over primary comparison pages due to perceived authority signals, internal linking structures, and content depth. To improve your visibility, you must optimize your technical SEO, enhance page relevance, and ensure your primary pages provide unique, comprehensive value that outshines external competitors in the eyes of the algorithm.",
  "answer": "Google AI Overviews selects sources based on a complex blend of domain authority, content relevance, and structured data clarity. If your primary comparison pages are being bypassed, it is likely because your site lacks sufficient internal signals or the content is not perceived as the definitive source of truth. To fix this, focus on strengthening your schema markup, improving page load speed, and building high-quality backlinks directly to your comparison pages. By aligning your content with user intent and ensuring your technical foundation is robust, you can signal to Google that your pages are the most authoritative and reliable resources for comparison queries.",
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  "entities": [
    "Google AI Overviews",
    "Search Generative Experience",
    "Schema Markup",
    "Domain Authority"
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  "createdAt": "2025-12-14",
  "reviewedAt": "2026-04-23",
  "publishedAt": "2026-04-20",
  "articleSection": "Citation Intelligence",
  "tags": [
    "Citation Intelligence",
    "Google AI Overviews",
    "Search Generative Experience",
    "Schema Markup",
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  "author": {
    "id": "trakkr-research",
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      "title": "Brand Defense"
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      "slug": "citation-audits",
      "title": "How to audit citations, sources, and answer grounding",
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    },
    {
      "slug": "technical-ai-visibility",
      "title": "Technical AI visibility setup for crawlers, schema, and discovery",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/technical-ai-visibility/"
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    {
      "slug": "compare-tools-and-workflows",
      "title": "How to compare AI visibility tools and workflows",
      "url": "https://answers.trakkr.ai/guides/compare-tools-and-workflows/"
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    {
      "label": "Google AI features and your website",
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