2026-08-28·4 minCitation StabilityGEO 2026FlickerAI answers
Citation Stability — 5-Run Flicker Detection (GEO Aug 2026)
AI citations that appear one day and vanish the next hurt trust. Citation Stability tracks 5-run streaks and flags flicker pairs before rankings decay.
A citation that flickers (cited Monday, gone Tuesday, back Wednesday) is worse than never being cited — it signals unreliable authority to AI engines. Citation Stability (07:13 daily) runs 5 consecutive checks per query×provider pair and reports stable % vs flicker pairs.
Metrics on the live machine
| Metric | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stable_percent | Pairs that held citation across 5 runs |
| flicker_pairs | Pairs that flipped cited/not-cited |
| pairs_tracked | Total query×engine pairs monitored |
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