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cosmopolitan.com

I’m a Beauty Editor and Picky About Devices—Solawave’s $400 LED Mask Really Impressed Me

20 shopper queries 3 engines 106/120 answers analysed published Jun 17 · observed Jun 21

The verdict · portfolio vs. page

The Hearst portfolio is cited on 75% of these queries. This page wins 35%.

This-URL citation 35% 7/20 Any-Hearst citation 75% 15/20

+40 pts vs this-URL on the same queries — the portfolio wins the topic this single page does not (Cosmopolitan, Good Housekeeping win it with other pages).

AI summary

This Hearst article is cited in 35% of relevant queries, a 40-percentage-point gap below the 75% rate at which any publisher is cited on the same topics, meaning the article captures roughly 44% of the available citation opportunities. Performance splits sharply by engine: ChatGPT cites the URL in 31% of its queries at an average position of 2.7 and embeds it in prose in every instance it appears, while Perplexity cites it only 15% of the time at a much lower average position of 6.4 and integrates it into prose in fewer than one in five appearances. Google AI Overviews returns no citations at all for this URL or any publisher on these queries. When the article is not cited, reddit.com displaces it most often, appearing in 85% of competing citation sets, followed by solawave.co at 69% and YouTube at 54%, with Cosmopolitan and the New York Post also appearing in roughly 38% of competing sets.

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What to do next

1

Close the Google AI Overviews blackout

Google AI Overviews cites Hearst on 0% of these queries while ChatGPT (44%) and Perplexity (65%) do — that points to an eligibility or indexing gap, not a content problem.

Audit how this page is eligible for Google AI Overviews (indexing, structured data, freshness) before changing the article.

2

Close the 40-point portfolio gap

The Hearst portfolio is cited on 75% of these queries but this review on only 35% — a 40-point gap. Cosmopolitan and Good Housekeeping already win the topic with other pages.

Interlink this review with the portfolio pages that already rank, so it inherits their authority instead of competing against them.

Competitive share

44%

Hearst vs all cited sources

Cited influence

34%

share of claims tracing to Hearst · directional

Per engine

How each assistant treats this page

ChatGPT
Licensing deal
This URL31%
Any Hearst44%
Competitive share67%
Avg position2.7
Named in prose100%
AI influence57%
Google AI Overviews
Not cited

No Hearst citation on any of these queries.

Cites solawave.co x10, amazon.com x8, forbes.com x5 instead.

This-URL 0% · Any-Hearst 0% · Competitive share 0% · AI influence 0%

Perplexity
Cited but buried
This URL15%
Any Hearst65%
Competitive share51%
Avg position6.4
Named in prose19%
AI influence51%

Citation rate by engine

This URLAny Hearst property

Other Hearst URLs involved

Target Cosmopolitan · the review ChatGPT, Perplexity
Elle influence Perplexity
Prevention influence Perplexity
Harper's Bazaar influence Perplexity

Where the topic is won

Query coverage

By specificity

broad (4)25% · 25%
mid (3)67% · 67%
longtail (9)44% · 22%

By intent

info (6)50% · 17%
rec (8)25% · 25%
entity (2)100% · 100%
Any HearstThis URL

The real competition

Who gets cited instead

HearstBrand siteRival publisherRetail / community / other
ChatGPT
solawave.co
45%
reddit.com
27%
allure.com
18%
chatgpt.com
18%
reviewdermatica.com
18%
vogue.com
18%
amazon.com
9%
Google AI Overviews
solawave.co
53%
amazon.com
42%
forbes.com
26%
nypost.com
26%
youtube.com
26%
byrdie.com
21%
nordstrom.com
21%
Perplexity
youtube.com
59%
reddit.com
53%
solawave.co
53%
cosmopolitan.com
35%
forbes.com
35%
nytimes.com
29%
people.com
29%