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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.","Platform-reported research dates differ from the authoritative run date; disclose this as a methodology limitation.","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":"2026-09-19 02:51:13.121547+00","research_date":"2026-09-19","source_snapshot_sha256":"410e2d3acd37ec404b3edc5ca79a3ed16a9c20d94a39c00ef30af247f588c9d6","verification_scope":"public_verification"},"ranking":{"candidates_evaluated":37,"qualified_finalists":10,"ranking_unit":"Software tool or content optimization platform"},"schema_version":4,"summary":"Surfer SEO is a good fit for teams that want to measure where AI systems cite brands and sources, find coverage gaps, and turn those observations into optimized content. Two of seven platforms named it during the ranking stage (anthropic, perplexity), at an average listed rank of 5.0 and a best rank of 3. Its strongest asset for this use case is AI Tracker, which reports cited domains, URLs, mention gaps, and source-confidence signals alongside a Content Editor that scores factual coverage and intent alignment. 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