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  • What Google AI Mode cites when a Saudi patient asks in Arabic

    Ask a Saudi health question twice, in Arabic and in English. The two answers rest on almost nothing

    Sample

    753 citations across 87 captures, 40 matched Arabic and English question pairs

    Verified

    September 10, 2026

  • Study: The State of Arabic AI Citations in 2026

    Arabic accounts for 0.6% of the web's content while serving one of the world's largest language populations and

    Sample

    Nine primary sources. Largest underlying datasets: 3.25bn citations (Profound), 100M+ citations from 230,000+ prompts (Semrush), 75,000 brands (Ahrefs), 68,879 searches (Pew), ~45,000 dialect samples (AraDiCE)

    Verified

    August 27, 2026

  • Study: AI Search Optimization in the Middle East: The Arabic Citation Gap

    The Gulf leads the world in AI adoption while Arabic is 0.6% of the crawled web. A researched

    Sample

    Largest underlying datasets reviewed: 3.25bn citations across 14 countries (Profound), 4M AI Overview URLs from 863,000 keywords (Ahrefs), 804,491 AI responses across 1,926 brands (Seer/Trustpilot), 6.77M LLM sessions across 166 GA4 properties (Previsible), 33,000 fan-out queries from 10,000 keywords (Surfer)

    Verified

    August 26, 2026

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“Who are [your brand name] and what do they do?” — the question we send, in English and in Arabic, so you can compare the two answers.

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Nothing is stored. The links open each engine with the question already typed — you read the answer there, not here.

Then what

An answer you can read is evidence you can act on

Most brands have never seen what an engine says about them, and the first read is usually the whole diagnosis.

  • 01 If it names a competitor instead of you — that is a resolution problem, not a content problem.
  • 02 If the Arabic answer differs from the English one — the two were built from different sources. We measured how far apart they usually are.
  • 03 If it refuses to answer at all — an engine will not put a name in an answer it cannot stand behind.
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Who writes here

The people who run the work write it up

  • Beshoy Adel

    Beshoy Adel

    Head of SEO and GEO

    123 articles

    Beshoy Adel is the Head of SEO & GEO at VOCTOS, where he leads strategic initiatives in advanced search visibility and AI-powered content optimization. With 13+ years of experience in digital marketing, SEO strategy, and emerging search technologies, Beshoy's work focuses on bridging established SEO methodology with generative engine optimization.

    Everything Beshoy wrote
  • Monika Gabriel

    Monika Gabriel

    Senior SEO Specialist

    8 articles

    Monika Gabriel is a Senior SEO Specialist at VOCTOS, where she has worked for over two years. She has strong expertise in technical SEO, keyword research, and on-page optimization, and has led ranking growth on client accounts across healthcare, education and SaaS. Beyond her technical skills, Monika is passionate about building smart SEO strategies that improve both visibility and user experience. On the team she is known for her analytical approach and attention to detail.

    Everything Monika wrote
  • Reem Sameh

    Reem Sameh

    Senior Full-Stack Web Developer

    6 articles

    Reem Sameh is a Senior Full-Stack Web Developer at VOCTOS with four years of experience building fast, scalable, and SEO-friendly websites. She works across both front-end and back-end development, translating design and marketing requirements into clean, performant code, and ensuring technical foundations like site speed, structure, and Core Web Vitals support strong search performance.

    Everything Reem wrote
  • Keroles Mousa

    Keroles Mousa

    Head of PPC

    8 articles

    Keroles Mousa is the Head of PPC at VOCTOS, specializing in developing and executing comprehensive paid search strategies across Google Ads, Microsoft Advertising and YouTube. He has three years of hands-on experience in PPC campaign management, data-driven optimization and team leadership. On one translation-services account he cut cost per click by 53% and lifted the conversion rate by 164.7%.

    Everything Keroles wrote
  • Tasneem Moustafa

    Tasneem Moustafa

    SEO Specialist

    4 articles

    Tasneem Moustafa is an SEO Specialist at VOCTOS with two years of experience in on-page optimization, keyword research and technical SEO. She works across on-page optimization, keyword research, technical SEO, and content optimization, translating search data into actionable strategies that improve rankings and user experience.

    Everything Tasneem wrote
  • Shadi Milad

    Shadi Milad

    Link Building Specialist

    2 articles

    Shadi Milad is a Link Building Specialist at VOCTOS focused on earning high-quality, relevant backlinks that strengthen a site's authority and search rankings. He combines outreach, digital PR, and relationship building with a strict emphasis on white-hat, sustainable link acquisition that complies with search engine guidelines.

    Everything Shadi wrote
  • Aya Kandil

    Aya Kandil

    SEO Specialist

    2 articles

    Aya Kandil is an SEO Specialist with over three years of experience in digital marketing. At VOCTOS she shapes SEO strategy across on-page optimization, in-depth analysis, AI search optimization, research and content optimization. Her work also covers link building, technical SEO and content strategy, which lets her run both the technical and content workstreams on the same account.

    Everything Aya wrote
  • Marina Magdy

    Marina Magdy

    SEO Content Writer

    2 articles

    Marina Magdy is an SEO Content Writer at VOCTOS, writing search-optimized content that balances keyword strategy with genuine readability. With one year of experience at VOCTOS, she writes web copy, blog articles, and on-page content designed to rank well while giving readers clear, useful answers.

    Everything Marina wrote

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Who writes here?

Whoever ran the work. Every article is written by the strategist on the account it came out of, not by a content team reading the same news you are — which is also why each writer states what they will not write about.

How often do you publish?

Weekly, and less when there is nothing worth saying. We would rather skip a week than publish a roundup of other people's posts.

Are the studies original research?

Some are original measurement and some are synthesis of published work — each study says which on its own page, with the sample, the method and the date it was last verified.

Do you cover Arabic search separately?

Yes. The engines answer the same question differently in Arabic and English, so we test the two separately and report them separately rather than translating one set of findings.

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No. No paid placements, no affiliate links, and no vendor review written from a briefing document. If that ever changes it will be labelled on the article.

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