AEO Intelligence · September 21–2026 (day: 27)

AEO Intelligence Digest — Week of September 21, 2026

This week's AEO crawl data reveals a clear consensus forming among top-cited publishers: embedding specific numeric claims directly in article headlines — not just in the body — is now the single most replicated citation-trigger tactic across the field, observed in content from OtterlyAI, GrackerAI, Semrush, Ahrefs, Peec AI, and Whitespark simultaneously. Meanwhile, G2 formally listed 'AEO software' as a distinct product category, creating a new AI-citation surface that savvy vendors need to opt