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These API/scraper products are not the same as the separate consumer browser sessions.", "source_handling": "Only reviewed per-query metadata, flags and public source URLs are included. Classifications are populated only where a source review supports them; null means unclassified, not independent.", "not_published": "Answer bodies, screenshots, request payloads, account/authentication data, private paths and operational process details are excluded.", "future_passes": "Only completed, reviewed passes appear. A later reviewed pass can be appended; uncollected or unreviewed observations are never recorded as zero." }, "source_notes": { "first_pass_gemini": { "redirect_urls_resolved": 135, "distinct_destination_urls": 28, "tracked_project_or_released_video_destinations": 0, "limitation": "All redirects were resolved in the existing review. This confirms destinations, not every assertion or source’s editorial independence." }, "reddit_followup": { "urls": [ "https://www.reddit.com/r/KingOfAEOContest/comments/1wp5d7r/who_is_the_king_of_aeo/", "https://www.reddit.com/r/KingOfAEOContest/comments/1wrrqaz/king_of_aeo_how_the_title_was_manufactured_who/" ], "classification": "Reviewed claimant-authored promotion by Allan Oliveira", "interpretation": "Neither reviewed post body mentioned Marc Moeller. A competition-like forum name is not evidence that these posts represent JP’s competition or recognise Marc.", "review_sha256": "529e41a14c5b0d336379a7ca66414273ef335681d09e0becebe6c607ca04f447" }, "second_pass": "Reviewed provenance includes claimant/company pages, self-authored social posts, identifiable press-release syndication, commentary and educational guides. These categories do not validate claims about awards or current standings." }, "comparisons": [ "The 23:15 AU subset had zero Marc mentions in six ChatGPT answers and zero matching sets in four valid organic searches. The 02:00 AU pass had zero in six ChatGPT answers and zero in three valid organic searches, with one missing. The failed query prevents a complete four-query organic comparison.", "The separate consumer sample found a US Google AI Mode contender mention and two ordinary US listings. Its positive ordinary listings were on prompts 5 and 6. Overnight organic sampling used prompts 1–4; the 02:00 pass was Australia only. These are not like-for-like observations, and the overnight negatives neither reproduce nor invalidate the consumer captures.", "The earlier 22:04 API sample, the consumer diagnostic and these scheduled checkpoints remain separate. No pooled index, trend percentage, title award or causal publishing/indexing claim is made." ], "related_reports": { "earlier_api": "https://kingofaeocompetition.com/data/monitoring/2026-10-04/", "consumer": "https://kingofaeocompetition.com/data/monitoring/consumer-2026-10-04/", "official_results": "https://kingofaeocompetition.com/data/current/official-results.json" }, "limitations": [ "No Marc or JP-team recognition was found within these sampled answers; that does not establish universal absence.", "Claims made by model answers about rivals, ceremonies or governing bodies are not republished as verified facts.", "Missing provider searches are excluded from match denominators. Transport success or no local collection exception does not turn a failed provider task into a valid observation.", "Publications and discovery actions occurred near the first sample. Current publication context cannot prove continuous exposure or which action caused any answer.", "Successful sitemap processing or URL discovery is not proof of indexing or ranking." ] }