{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The GEO Show","title":"84% of AI Citations Come From Earned Media, Not Your Site","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ece8a159\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":860,"description":"84% of AI-cited sources come from earned media, according to Muck Rack research highlighted in Force4's 2026 Market Influence Report. Paris Childress covers this week's GEO news, with one theme: the GEO market is splitting into measurement, activation and agent trust.\nIn this episode:\n\nGetfluence and Meteoria partner to connect AI visibility measurement with earned media placement.\n84% of AI citations are earned media. Force4's report cites Muck Rack data, and Paris argues PR outreach may be the most important part of GEO.\nAgent commerce is ahead of deployment. Massive found published UCP profiles on only 11 of 36 storefronts tested.\nProof and Circle plan identity-gated agent payments, so people can trust their agents to buy.\nMicrosoft adds risk-adaptive security controls for enterprise AI agents.\nRank Control joins the measurement-to-execution trend in GEO tools.\nTracker methodology matters. One run per prompt per day is basically a coin flip.\nGEO market size estimates for 2026 range from $160.9M to $4.91B, a 30.5x spread.\nHubSpot brings AI search education to mainstream marketing teams.\nWatch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQxpNYJH9pY\nThe GEO Show is hosted by Paris Childress, founder of Hop AI and co-founder of GEOforge. getgeoforge.com","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7cDHOTKwTPJbamMzkSU5XMeYqbfRSPk5nMQ6zhbTeaI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kY2Ri/MGIyZjViNzJiODc5/ZGM5MmJhYmE4NmYx/MTVhYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}