Research Studies

We Run Original Research on How Search Is Changing

We Run Original Research on How Search Is Changing

We Run Original Research on How Search Is Changing

We're marketers who run large-scale studies, meta-analyses, and original research on organic search. Everything we find, we share with the rest of the market.

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About Organic Labs

We're Marketers by Profession, & Researchers by Obsession

Organic Labs is an independent research publication. Our team of organic growth marketers design and run studies — sometimes across thousands of data points, sometimes deep single-case analyses — to understand how search visibility actually works today. We study traditional SEO, AI-generated answers, LLM citation behavior, and how the two worlds are converging. Then we write it all up and give it away.

Our Research Studies

Some of Our Latest Research

From meta-analyses across dozens of existing studies to original experiments we run ourselves, here's what's come out of the lab.

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Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

Optimizing for AI Search Engines: A Meta-Analysis of 19 Research Studies

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Usman Akram
red and blue wallpaper

Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

Optimizing for AI Search Engines: A Meta-Analysis of 19 Research Studies

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Usman Akram
red and blue wallpaper

Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

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red and blue wallpaper

Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

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red and blue wallpaper

Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

Optimizing for AI Search Engines: A Meta-Analysis of 19 Research Studies

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Usman Akram
red and blue wallpaper

Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

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Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

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Feb 5, 2026 • 6 mins read

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Our Goal

Search is no longer one channel. We study both where it's been and where it's going.

These are the questions we're hell-bent on answering.

What drives AI brand visibility?

How probabilistic are LLM answers?

Is SEO still required for AI visibility?

Does overall web presence shape AI perception?

Can LLMs be reliably optimized?

When AI & Google disagree, who wins?

Who is it for?

If You Run, Lead, or Manage Organic Growth, This Research Is for You.

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SEO managers and strategists

Trying to understand how rankings, citations, and AI answers intersect — and where optimization actually moves the needle.

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Content and organic growth leads

Designing systems that build durable visibility across both traditional search and AI-driven discovery.

03

Marketing leaders budgeting for organic growth

Making informed investment decisions in a world where “SEO” no longer tells the full story.

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Founders building content-driven businesses

Seeking long-term visibility strategies that compound — not tactics that expire.

Testimonials

What Readers Are Saying About the Research

Organic Labs is one of the few teams actually running experiments instead of recycling SEO opinions. Their research on AI-generated answers changed how we think about search visibility entirely.

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Organic Labs is one of the few teams actually running experiments instead of recycling SEO opinions. Their research on AI-generated answers changed how we think about search visibility entirely.

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Organic Labs is one of the few teams actually running experiments instead of recycling SEO opinions. Their research on AI-generated answers changed how we think about search visibility entirely.

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Organic Labs is one of the few teams actually running experiments instead of recycling SEO opinions. Their research on AI-generated answers changed how we think about search visibility entirely.

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