{"id":3764,"date":"2026-02-18T23:29:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:29:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=3764"},"modified":"2026-02-18T23:29:46","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T15:29:46","slug":"are-citations-in-ai-search-affected-by-google-organic-visibility-changes-via-sejournal-lilyraynyc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=3764","title":{"rendered":"Are Citations In AI Search Affected By Google Organic Visibility Changes? via @sejournal, @lilyraynyc"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I\u00a0recently wrote about an unconfirmed Google algorithm update that rolled out in mid-January 2026, which negatively impacted the organic search visibility of dozens of major brands. For most of the impacted sites I analyzed, the impact was disproportionately targeted to the company\u2019s blog, or another folder containing informational articles and resources.<\/p>

That same organic trajectory has continued into mid-February for all of the subfolders I analyzed, using the\u00a0Sistrix U.S. Visibility Index:<\/p>

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Zooming out, this is what the drops look like when you look at the visibility trends across the whole domains, not just the blogs:<\/p>

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Here is another example of the visibility impact on the company blog for the biggest company in the list (in terms of both ARR and organic visibility):<\/p>

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And this is what the impact looks like when you look at the company\u2019s full domain\u2019s visibility in organic search:<\/p>