What belongs on Monday’s checklist?

• Preserve the original prompt set before adding new questions.
• Annotate model, account-tier and collection changes.
• Separate mentions, linked citations and explicit recommendations.
• Investigate one recurring shortlist exclusion.
• Assign the next action to a named person with publishing or implementation access.

Question to take into the team meeting: Which result would change an actual content, technical, PR or supplier decision?

— doja | AI Search Visibility Research

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Draft 2 — Monthly digest

Subject: September AI search digest: citations are not shortlist wins

Preheader: New Google reporting, interface-versus-API evidence and a better specification for your monthly review.

Reporting period: 1–30 September 2026
Publication date: 16 October 2026
Includes research published after September about September observations; publication dates are identified below.