Profound says its Index is powered by 1.9 billion real user conversations. But what does…
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Profound says its Index is powered by 1.9 billion real user conversations. But what does that actually mean? Back on July 28 I publicly asked 31 methodology questions of the major prompt-tracking platforms. They covered what AI visibility actually measures, prompt representativeness and weighting, effective sample size, statistical uncertainty, personalization and conversation context, external validation, business outcomes, and what evidence would falsify the methodology. They were not rhetorical questions. Several platforms responded, and substantive responses were added to the original
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