Direct Traffic & Popularity – Correlation, Not Causation

May 14, 2026

Direct Traffic & Popularity – Correlation, Not Causation

Last week, Cyrus Shepard published an AI citation ranking factors study, and it created a lot of noise on X, LinkedIn, and a number of private WhatsApp groups I’m in. Not only the distinction between what is a factor, and what is a correlation, especially given a lot of studies in SEO and AI are

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