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cosmopolitan.com

This Fruity Fragrance Is the Most Underrated Tom Ford Perfume—and It’s Perfect for Summer

15 shopper queries 3 engines 123/135 answers analysed published May 26 · observed Jun 22

The verdict · portfolio vs. page

The Hearst portfolio is cited on 67% of these queries. This page wins 53%.

This-URL citation 53% 8/15 Any-Hearst citation 67% 10/15

+14 pts vs this-URL on the same queries — the portfolio wins the topic this single page does not (Elle, Harper's Bazaar win it with other pages).

AI summary

The article is cited in 53 percent of query sets where it appears, against a 67 percent rate for any publisher being cited across those same queries, leaving a 14-point gap that reflects moderate but not dominant retrieval. ChatGPT is the clear driver of performance, citing this URL in half its sessions at an average position of about 2.1 and embedding it in prose every time it appears, while Google AI Overviews never surfaces the article at all and Perplexity cites it in only 20 percent of its sessions at a much lower average position of 5.6. When competing sources appear instead, Reddit and YouTube are tied as the most frequent alternatives, each present in 86 percent of competing sessions, followed by Fragrantica and Macys.com at 57 percent, suggesting that community forums and retail destinations absorb significant share that editorial content does not capture. The article's overall competitive share of 46 percent confirms it holds less than half the available citation opportunities even in sessions where it does appear.

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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 (58%) and Perplexity (40%) 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

Win back the commerce and community slot

When this review is not cited, the slot most often goes to reddit.com (86%), youtube.com (86%), fragrantica.com (57%) — the brand's own pages, retail and user forums, not rival publishers.

Lead with the first-person testing, product specs and FAQ structure those sources win on, so the review competes for the same answers.

Competitive share

46%

Hearst vs all cited sources

Cited influence

7%

share of claims tracing to Hearst · directional

Per engine

How each assistant treats this page

ChatGPT
Licensing deal
This URL50%
Any Hearst58%
Competitive share54%
Avg position2.1
Named in prose100%
AI influence11%
Google AI Overviews
Not cited

No Hearst citation on any of these queries.

Cites youtube.com x9, reddit.com x8, venbafragrance.com x7 instead.

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

Perplexity
Cited but buried
This URL20%
Any Hearst40%
Competitive share70%
Avg position5.6
Named in prose29%
AI influence7%

Citation rate by engine

This URLAny Hearst property

Other Hearst URLs involved

Target Cosmopolitan · the review ChatGPT, Perplexity

Where the topic is won

Query coverage

By specificity

broad (3)67% · 33%
mid (8)50% · 50%
longtail (1)100% · 100%

By intent

info (4)25% · 25%
rec (2)100% · 50%
comparison (1)100% · 100%
entity (5)60% · 60%
Any HearstThis URL

The real competition

Who gets cited instead

HearstBrand siteRival publisherRetail / community / other
ChatGPT
reddit.com
67%
fragrantica.com
50%
newbeauty.com
33%
whowhatwear.com
33%
allure.com
17%
flash.co
17%
fragranceofaroma.com
17%
Google AI Overviews
youtube.com
64%
reddit.com
57%
venbafragrance.com
50%
fragrantica.com
43%
tomfordbeauty.com
36%
lemon8-app.com
29%
sephora.com
29%
Perplexity
youtube.com
75%
reddit.com
67%
macys.com
50%
tomfordbeauty.com
42%
nezdeluxe.pl
33%
carlthompson.co.uk
25%
sephora.com
25%