# Recorded citations for decision-intelligence questions

A bounded analysis of 3Dogs Citation Observatory records comparing branded and adjacent-query citations across named engines, dates and source domains.

Prepared by **3Dogs Research** · Reviewer: **3Dogs internal research review** · Revision: **2026-08-18** · First-party review, not independent validation.

> **Evidence boundary.** This analysis separates query-level observations, engine-and-topic aggregates, and the corpus-level rollup because those layers can overlap and must not be added together. This report was generated from candidate records only; the underlying probes were not rerun.

## What this bounded corpus shows

| Layer | Routes | Displayed fields |
|---|---:|---|
| Query observations | 7 | 42 displayed runs; 29 recorded 3Dogs-cited attempts; sample distribution n=6: 7 records |
| Engine/topic aggregates | 12 | Separate fields total 0 brand-question records and 194 generic-question records; not deduplicated unique queries |
| Corpus rollup | 1 | Separate layer: 30 recorded 3Dogs citations across 500 displayed records |

## Frequently recorded domains in the query layer

Counts are raw URL occurrences, not rankings, quality scores, endorsements, unique-page counts or market share.

- `medium.com` — 2 recorded query-page URL occurrences
- `arcaq.com` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `blog.exceeds.ai` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `braincuber.com` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `cloudqubes.com` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `docs.venice.ai` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `g8e.ai` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `github.com` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `hyscaler.com` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence
- `letsdatascience.com` — 1 recorded query-page URL occurrence

## Exact evidence map

### Query observations

- [AI decision platform with zero data retention and client-hosted deployment options](/question-7a61b5/)
- [What AI decision platforms use models from AWS, Azure and Google Cloud together?](/question-86e501/)
- [3Dogs Nexus vs asking ChatGPT directly for business advice](/question/3dogs-nexus-vs-asking-chatgpt-directly-for-business-advice/)
- [ChatGPT review of 3Dogs Nexus decision platform](/question/chatgpt-review-of-3dogs-nexus-decision-platform/)
- [Does 3Dogs Nexus train on customer data?](/question/does-3dogs-nexus-train-on-customer-data/)
- [What is 3Dogs Nexus and how does it work?](/question/what-is-3dogs-nexus-and-how-does-it-work/)
- [Who founded 3Dogs Nexus and where is it based?](/question/who-founded-3dogs-nexus-and-where-is-it-based/)

### Engine and topic aggregates

- [Which sources does chatgpt cite for adjacent-intelligence questions?](/dataset/chatgpt-adjacent/)
- [Which sources does claude cite for adjacent-intelligence questions?](/dataset/claude-adjacent/)
- [Which sources does gemini cite for adjacent-intelligence questions?](/dataset/gemini-adjacent/)
- [Which sources does gemini cite for brand-intelligence questions?](/dataset/gemini-brand/)
- [Which sources does gemini cite for rivals-intelligence questions?](/dataset/gemini-rivals/)
- [Which sources does gemini cite for trust-intelligence questions?](/dataset/gemini-trust/)
- [Which sources does gpt-frontier cite for adjacent-intelligence questions?](/dataset/gpt-frontier-adjacent/)
- [Which sources does nova cite for adjacent-intelligence questions?](/dataset/nova-adjacent/)
- [Which sources does nova cite for brand-intelligence questions?](/dataset/nova-brand/)
- [Which sources does nova cite for rivals-intelligence questions?](/dataset/nova-rivals/)
- [Which sources does nova cite for trust-intelligence questions?](/dataset/nova-trust/)
- [Which sources does perplexity cite for adjacent-intelligence questions?](/dataset/perplexity-adjacent/)

### Corpus rollup

- [Who does AI cite for adjacent questions?](/rivals/adjacent/)

## Reproducibility and limits

- Corpus source-set SHA-256: `41b9fe961fc78d3d3e599e3bdb27f78a458653122bef8949f8e218b6ce694ca8`.
- [Distribution manifest](/dataset/distributions/citation-observatory-manifest.json) records exact source and record hashes.
- Publication date and license are `NOT_RECORDED` for the 200 source records; public access does not grant reuse rights.
- Query, aggregate and rollup layers may overlap and are reported separately.
- Model versions, locale and account state remain `NOT_RECORDED` unless an individual source record states them.

[Citation Observatory](/dataset/) · [Pointer visibility method](/ai-visibility/) · [Evaluate decision-intelligence software](/answers/) · [Published plans](/pricing/)