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Microsoft Clarity AI Visibility tracks brand presence across AI surfaces

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IN BRIEF

Inside the Activate "What's Next" segment, Microsoft previewed Clarity AI Visibility: a forthcoming Clarity module tracking how AI surfaces engage with a website across three dimensions:

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What changed

Discovery / Bot Activity: how AI crawlers and answer engines discover the siteVisibility / Citations & Share of Authority: where the brand appears in AI answers, which topics it surfaces for, and how it compares to competitors (Share of voice %, Citation rate, Avg content attribution, Avg answer contribution)Impact / Trends & Outcomes: visibility trends over time with content recommendations to improve AI selection and business outcomes

Demo data showed an example brand at 11.1% share of all page citations, ranked #5, with content opportunities like "Lifespan range and mileage expectations" flagged as gaps (19.2% from competitor sources).

THE COLLECTIVE PERSPECTIVE

Why it matters for advertisers

For you, this means that sites already running Clarity will receive a meaningful AI-citation-tracking upgrade in the next quarter. Worth flagging to SEO and content teams as the next-quarter measurement upgrade.

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Microsoft Clarity AI Visibility tracks brand presence across AI surfaces

Inside the Activate "What's Next" segment, Microsoft previewed Clarity AI Visibility: a forthcoming Clarity module tracking how AI surfaces engage with a website across three dimensions:

Discovery / Bot Activity: how AI crawlers and answer engines discover the siteVisibility / Citations & Share of Authority: where the brand appears in AI answers, which topics it surfaces for, and how it compares to competitors (Share of voice %, Citation rate, Avg content attribution, Avg answer contribution)Impact / Trends & Outcomes: visibility trends over time with content recommendations to improve AI selection and business outcomes

Demo data showed an example brand at 11.1% share of all page citations, ranked #5, with content opportunities like "Lifespan range and mileage expectations" flagged as gaps (19.2% from competitor sources).

For you, this means that sites already running Clarity will receive a meaningful AI-citation-tracking upgrade in the next quarter. Worth flagging to SEO and content teams as the next-quarter measurement upgrade.

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