Each AI platform's retrieval pipeline has distinct characteristics. Perplexity's pipeline emphasizes live search; ChatGPT's pipeline emphasizes training-corpus retrieval; Google AI Overview's pipeline integrates with traditional search infrastructure. Effective methodology design considers each pipeline's specific requirements.
The IEO Engine architecture is designed to perform across all major retrieval pipelines simultaneously rather than optimizing for any single pipeline. The result is consistent citation availability across platforms rather than platform-specific concentration.