Anything Engine Optimization The rolling record of the AI-search industry.

Reference desk

Check a claim, understand a term, or follow how the evidence has changed.

  • Can I use this number? Search the evidence, check its scope, and copy a statistic with its caveat.
  • State of Search: what the record currently supports, disputes, and leaves unanswered.
  • The source audit: what 20 AI search statistics actually measure, with a downloadable review ledger.
  • Numbers: dated figures, original sources, and earlier measurements. Logging a figure is not independent validation.
  • Best practices: practical implications and the evidence behind them.
  • Glossary: definitions and related reporting.
  • Docket: cases and regulatory developments covered on the wire.
  • Original research: our own observations and document comparisons.

Browse the coverage

Full archive · Companies and subjects · RSS · API and datasets

How we work

About and disclosure · Editorial standards · Sources and method · Corrections