AnswerShare Research
Long-form whitepapers and analysis on why search-era visibility no longer guarantees AI citation, how the translation layer changes the math, and what we actually measure — published across AnswerShare™ and Top10Lists.us.
Anchored in Google's published patents, ACM SIGKDD research, Cloudflare's AI-crawler economics, iPullRank's How AI Mode Works, and Ekamoira's Citation Probability Model — with our own measured receipts.
//.authorship_and_methodResearch by Robert Maynard, Jr.
Applied research on AI retrieval, grounding, and citation systems. Each release identifies its question, cohort, method, observed result, limits, and where available its frozen evidence and reproduction materials.
Download research index (.md) ↓ Inspect released evidence → Author record → QuestionsDeclared before findingsEvidenceFrozen and inspectableMethodCohort and rules statedLimitsInference kept distinct//.filter_by DA//.researchDo AI Crawlers Ask for Markdown?
A 4,300,723-request study across five properties of whether frontier AI crawlers explicitly ask for text/markdown, with both raw-header ledgers published for review.
AnswerShare·August 6, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. Read findings → 1S//.research100-Site GEO Survey
An independent audit of 100 websites across 12 industries measuring Generative Engine Optimization performance across 13 technical signals. Explore per-site scores, industry breakdowns, and the cohort data underlying the citation-grade infrastructure research.
AnswerShare·June 25, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. Full results → TG//.whitepaperThe Generative Search Economy
An evaluation of the acquisition economics of generative search, comparing AI-referral efficiency against traditional channels and making the case for Generative Engine Optimization measured through Share of Model rather than the high-volume clicks the zero-click economy no longer delivers.
AnswerShare·June 22, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. Read paper → ↓ Download PDF TL//.whitepaperTranslation Layers and AI Answer Probability
Among the evaluated methods — SEO+, programmatic SEO, source-grounded GEO, markdown translators, observer platforms, and implementation layers — the translation layer has the strongest expected effect on AI answer probability because it intervenes at the retrieval substrate itself.
AnswerShare·June 20, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. Read paper → ↓ Download PDF ΛP//.whitepaperλNPS Proposal
A versioned, reproducible diagnostic for AI-expressed brand reputation — λNPS, μNPS, and the ΔNPS translation-layer gap.
AnswerShare·June 4, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. Read paper → ↓ Download PDF GE//.whitepaperGenerative Engine Optimization: Engineering Citation-Grade Infrastructure for AI Search
The empirical case for the translation-layer thesis: a 100-site, 12-industry audit on 13 technical signals, where only one site scored a perfect 13/13 against a cohort median of 3/13. The sites that close the translation gap are the sites that get cited.
AnswerShare·April 28, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. Read paper → ↓ Download PDF GA//.researchGlobal AI-Citation Infrastructure Audit: Cross-Industry Survey of Purpose-Built AI Readiness
A live-curl audit of 34 websites across 12 industries against eight defined AI-readiness signals, with raw results and scored data identified in the published method.
Top10Lists·March 28, 2026·By Perplexity Deep Research TZ//.whitepaperThe Zero-Latency Integrity Protocol (ZLIP)
A technical paper on 24-hour professional-license synchronization, clean-room HTML delivery, and anti-hallucination schema for verifiable AI retrieval.
Top10Lists·March 24, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. AC//.analysisAI Crawl Statistics
Live AI-crawler telemetry from Top10Lists.us — which engines fetch, how often, and what that reveals about retrieval economics.
Top10Lists·2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. TY//.whitepaperThe Yellow Page Moment: AI Citation and Unpriced Risk
Why AI systems must cite Evaluative Oracles, and why omission without attribution creates structural, unpriced liability for incumbents.
Top10Lists·January 30, 2026·By Robert Maynard, Jr. ↓ Download PDF Read Markdown → AC//.analysisAI Citation and Liability
An article and downloadable whitepaper on the accountability created when AI-generated professional recommendations lack citation or disclosed editorial attribution.
Top10Lists·January 4, 2025·By Top10Lists.us ↓ Download PDF //.working_papersMore in preparation.Additional papers grounded in our 19-source research base are being drafted. For early access or to discuss methodology, see the contact page.