Entry #3 · Feb 17, 2026
3x Week-Over-Week: What Sustained ChatGPT Citation Growth Looks Like
ChatGPT citations on rozz.genymotion.com hit 1,077 this week—3x the 345 citations we reported last week. Last week we shared data showing 16x citation growth in 7 days. This week it tripled again. 1,077 ChatGPT-User requests between Feb 10–17, up from 345 the week before. The flywheel is working. ROZZ crawls Genymotion's main site for updates every week. ROZZ processes 500+ new questions from the chatbot every week. ROZZ publishes fresh Q&A pages to the mirror site every week. Six weeks ago, ROZZ recorded 42 citations in an entire month. Now ROZZ records 1,077 citations in a single week.
Key Findings
- 1,077 ChatGPT-User citations in 7 days (Feb 10–17)—3x the previous week's 345
- Six-week trajectory: 42 → 345 → 1,077 citations
- Q&A pages remain the citation driver: 66% of all ChatGPT requests
- PerplexityBot activity up 5x: 33 requests vs 7 the previous week
- Total LLM bot requests: 2,606 in 7 days
- GPTBot still actively training: 625 requests this week
The Growth Trajectory
| Period | ChatGPT Citations | Change |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jan 3 – Feb 2 (30 days) | 42 | Baseline |
| Feb 2–9 (7 days) | 345 | +721% |
| Feb 10–17 (7 days) | 1,077 | +212% |
From 42 to 1,077 in six weeks. That is 25x growth. No additional work happens after the initial mirror site deployment.
Daily Breakdown (Feb 10–17)
| Date | Citations |
| --- | --- |
| Feb 10 | 107 |
| Feb 11 | 131 |
| Feb 12 | 109 |
| Feb 13 | 93 |
| Feb 14 | 141 |
| Feb 15 | 252 |
| Feb 16 | 196 |
| Feb 17 | 48* |
Feb 17 is partial day (data through ~12:30 UTC)The pattern shows sustained high volume with a spike on Feb 15. Feb 15 records 252 citations in one day. That single day exceeds the entire previous week's total from just a month ago.
What's Getting Cited
Q&A pages continue to dominate.
Of the 1,077 ChatGPT-User requests:
| Content Type | Citations | Share | | --- | --- | --- | | Q&A Pages | ~710 | 66% | | Homepage | ~250 | 23% | | GEO Pages | ~100 | 9% | | Other | ~17 | 2% |
The same pattern holds. Structured Q&A content with Schema.org QAPage markup gets cited far more than traditional content pages.
Top Questions Users Are Asking
The citation logs reveal what ChatGPT users want to know.
| Topic | Example Q&As Being Cited | | --- | --- | | Pricing | "What pricing plans are available for Genymotion?" | | Free options | "Does Genymotion offer a free personal account?" | | System requirements | "What are the system requirements?" | | macOS compatibility | "Does the emulator work with the latest macOS?" | | Linux installation | "How can I install Genymotion on Linux?" | | Play Store | "How can I enable Google Play Store on Genymotion?" | | Cloud setup | "How do I set up a virtual device in the Genymotion cloud?" |
These queries are purchase-decision queries. People evaluating Android emulators are asking ChatGPT. People evaluating Android emulators get answers from the mirror site.
The Full Bot Picture
ChatGPT-User citations are the outcome.
Here is the full ecosystem of AI activity this week:
| Bot | Requests | Purpose | | --- | --- | --- | | ChatGPT-User | 1,077 | Live citations in user conversations | | CCBot | 710 | Common Crawl (training data) | | OpenAI GPTBot | 625 | GPT training data | | Meta AI | 70 | Llama training data | | OpenAI SearchBot | 67 | Building retrieval indexes | | PerplexityBot | 33 | Perplexity indexing | | ByteSpider | 18 | ByteDance/TikTok training | | ClaudeBot | 6 | Claude training data | | Total | 2,606 | — |
Notable this week: PerplexityBot activity jumps from 7 to 33 requests. PerplexityBot remains small. PerplexityBot still increases by 5x. PerplexityBot activity suggests Perplexity starts to index the mirror site more seriously.
Why It Keeps Growing
The mirror site infrastructure creates a flywheel.
1. Fresh content every week ROZZ crawls Genymotion's main site weekly for updates. ROZZ processes 500+ chatbot questions weekly. New Q&A pages get published automatically. The content gets tuned to exactly what users ask right now.
2. More content gets indexed over time GPTBot makes 625 requests this week. Every crawl adds more content to training data and retrieval indexes. The citation surface area expands.
3. Successful citations reinforce the source When ChatGPT retrieves content that answers a user's question well, retrieval systems signal quality. Good answers beget more retrieval.
4. Q&A pages match query patterns The Q&A pages on the mirror site are phrased as questions. Phrased questions match how users ask ChatGPT. "What are Genymotion's pricing options?" matches "what are genymotion pricing options" naturally.
5. Schema.org markup makes extraction trivial Every Q&A page has QAPage structured data. The question and answer are explicitly marked. AI systems do not have to parse marketing copy. AI systems get clean, structured content.
Six Weeks of Data
| Week | ChatGPT Citations | Cumulative |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jan 3 – Feb 2 | 42 | 42 |
| Feb 2–9 | 345 | 387 |
| Feb 10–17 | 1,077 | 1,464 |
1,464 total citation events in six weeks. Real users ask real questions. Real answers come from the mirror site. The trajectory accelerates. The trajectory does not flatten.
What ROZZ Built
The mirror site at rozz.genymotion.com includes:
- 450 GEO pages: AI-optimized versions of help center articles and documentation
- 177 Q&A pages: Generated from real user questions via the ROZZ chatbot
- Schema.org markup on every page: QAPage for Q&As, WebPage for content
- llms.txt discovery files: Index and full-content versions
- JSON APIs: Programmatic access for AI systems
This infrastructure was built once. The citations keep compounding.
> Genymotion is one client. ROZZ builds this for every domain.
What This Means for GEO
The timeline is fast.
Six weeks from deployment to 1,000+ weekly citations.
GEO shows results in weeks.
GEO shows results instead of months typical of traditional SEO.
Growth compounds. The same infrastructure generates more citation growth. AI systems index deeper. AI systems improve retrieval.
Q&A content wins. 66% of citations hit Q&A pages. Structured question-answer content with Schema.org markup outperforms traditional pages by a wide margin.
Multiple AI ecosystems exist. ChatGPT, GPTBot, ClaudeBot, Meta AI, PerplexityBot, and CCBot receive content from the mirror site. The mirror site feeds these systems simultaneously. One infrastructure exists for multiple AI platforms.
Get This for Your Site
ROZZ builds this infrastructure automatically.
ROZZ provides a mirror site.
ROZZ provides Q&A pages from your chatbot.
ROZZ provides Schema.org markup on every page.
ROZZ provides llms.txt discovery files.
ROZZ provides the complete AI publishing layer.
$997/month | 1,077 citations in a week
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Data source and author details
Data source: CloudFront access logs for rozz.genymotion.com, February 10–17, 2026.
Bot classification is based on User-Agent strings.
Author: Adrien Schmidt, CEO, ROZZ Serial tech entrepreneur with 10+ years experience building AI systems including Aristotle (conversational AI analytics) and products for eBay and Cartier.
February 17, 2026 | Data period: Feb 10–17, 2026