Claude AI search vs Google AI Overviews: the 2026 citation showdown

Anthropic's Claude with web search and Google's AI Overviews have different citation mechanics in 2026. Claude weights source-quality, content depth, and recent sources. Google AI Overviews weights top SERP rank, Featured Snippet eligibility, and Knowledge Graph grounding. This is the head-to-head comparison, with Xpand's tracking data across 14 client domains, and the playbook for getting cited in both.