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From Prompt to Purchase: How AI Brand Recommendations Move Consumers on the Open Web

Assistant brand recommendations raise same-name search +4.3pp and site visits +2.4pp for unengaged users; invisible to standard attribution; incidental mentions move little - being the deliberate answer is the effect

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What the source reports

Assistant brand recommendations raise same-name search +4.3pp and site visits +2.4pp for unengaged users; invisible to standard attribution; incidental mentions move little - being the deliberate answer is the effect

Original source

Title
From Prompt to Purchase: How AI Brand Recommendations Move Consumers on the Open Web
Author
Iannelli, Michael & Ai, Alan
Publication
arXiv
Date
Tuesday, June 9, 2026