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Platform-reported dates are provenance metadata and do not independently prove freshness.","All included platforms evaluated fit, but platformmentions counts only platforms that named the entity during ranking discovery.","Do not resolve conflicting product names, pricing, or capabilities by guessing; describe the conflict and tell buyers what to verify.","The supplied URLs were collected from platform responses and were not independently validated by the writer stage.","Company-owned citations materially outnumber independent citations; do not describe company claims as independently verified.","The deterministic identity audit contains qualification notes that must be disclosed where relevant.","Citations are platform-reported evidence, not independently verified facts. No-search model claims require explicit verification before being described as current facts."],"methodology":{"fit_rating_contract":["strong","good","mixed","weak","uncertain"],"included_valid_platform_count":7,"maximum_finalists":10,"minimum_mentions":2,"name":"AI Marketing Consensus Index cross-platform AI consensus analysis","platforms_included":["anthropic","deepseek","google","grok","kimi","openai","perplexity"],"platforms_queried":["openai","anthropic","deepseek","grok","perplexity","kimi","google"],"stages":["ranking_discovery","fit_assessment","normalization","editorial_synthesis"],"version":"alias-table-1"},"provenance":{"generated_at":"2026-09-18 09:39:32.7295+00","research_date":"2026-09-18","source_snapshot_sha256":"7257ef366651ca9c629a19d3e1c3b6d2936a7a983d6540f7e7081d2f5667bdbf","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":46,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Audit company, audit service, or advisory provider"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Mercury Technology Solutions is a mixed fit for United States companies seeking AI search audit providers. Only 2 of the 7 configured platforms named the company during the ranking stage — Grok and Perplexity — giving it a 28.6% share of included platform responses, an average listed rank of 4.5, and a best listed rank of 3. Its strongest reason to consider it is the GEO Audit Report, a documented six-dimension AI visibility assessment covering ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Claude, and Copilot with citation, competitor, and roadmap deliverables. 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