{"id":115227,"date":"2026-02-18T15:16:36","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/are-citations-in-ai-search-affected-by-google-organic-visibility-changes\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T15:18:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:18:23","slug":"are-citations-in-ai-search-affected-by-google-organic-visibility-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mailinvest.blog\/index.php\/2026\/02\/18\/are-citations-in-ai-search-affected-by-google-organic-visibility-changes\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Citations In AI Search Affected By Google Organic Visibility Changes?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u00a0recently wrote<\/a> about an unconfirmed Google algorithm replace that rolled out in mid-January 2026, which negatively impacted the natural search visibility of dozens of main manufacturers. For a lot of the impacted websites I analyzed, the influence was disproportionately focused to the corporate\u2019s weblog, or one other folder containing informational articles and assets.<\/p>\n

That very same natural trajectory has continued into mid-February for all the subfolders I analyzed, utilizing the\u00a0Sistrix U.S. Visibility Index<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Picture Credit score: Lily Ray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zooming out, that is what the drops appear like if you have a look at the visibility tendencies throughout the entire domains, not simply the blogs:<\/p>\n

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Picture Credit score: Lily Ray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Right here is one other instance of the visibility influence on the corporate weblog for the largest firm within the record (by way of each ARR and natural visibility):<\/p>\n

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Picture Credit score: Lily Ray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And that is what the influence seems like if you have a look at the corporate\u2019s full area\u2019s visibility in natural search:<\/p>\n