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The most visible B2C bookstores on Google AI Overviews in Romania, October 2026

October 2026 · 30 questions asked from Romania in Romanian and English · Google AI Overviews · 60 answers read

Most cited source

elefant.ro

32citations

From Google AI Overviews

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Brands

Rank Brand Heralded Score Mentioned Recommended By engine Mentioned by Change
1#1 overall Cărturești RO 49 , range 41–63 57% 18% None First reading
2#2 overall Libris RO 49 , range 41–62 53% 20% None First reading
3#3 overall Elefant RO 45 , range 38–55 53% 10% None First reading
4#4 overall Bookzone RO 34 , range 21–42 27% 8% None First reading
5#5 overall Târgul Cărții RO 32 , range 14–41 18% 13% None First reading
6#6 overall Printre Cărți RO 31 , range 9–39 18% 8% None First reading
7#7 overall LIBREX RO 19 , range 6–36 15% 5% None First reading
8#8 overall Humanitas RO 16 , range 5–35 12% 7% None First reading
9#9 overall eMAG RO 10 , range 4–33 12% 3% None First reading
= 10#10 overall AbeBooks CA 9 , range 3–32 8% 5% None First reading

“=” marks brands whose score ranges overlap, so the test cannot separate them. Every brand named in at least three answers is ranked. By engine has one dot per engine (ChatGPT, Google AI Overviews, Gemini and Google AI Mode), darker the more often it names the brand.

Most cited sources

Rank Source Type Cited in Engines Pages cited Brands its pages mention
1 elefant.ro Brand site 28.3% 1 of 4 22 Not read
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7 librariadelfin.ro Brand site 11.7% 1 of 4 7 Not read
8 emag.ro Brand site 10.0% 1 of 4 3 Not read
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The questions, and who wins each

QuestionLanguageWins it
de unde cumpăr online cărți în română? Romanian eBookuri.ro, Elefant and Libris, tied
ce librărie online are cărți pentru toate vârstele? Romanian No brand recommended
care librărie online are o selecție bună de romane? Romanian Humanitas
unde găsesc o librărie online cu multe titluri? Romanian LibrariaOnline.ro and Libris, tied
cum găsesc cărțile pe care nu le au librăriile din oraș? Romanian Libris
de unde pot comanda cărți fără să merg la librărie? Romanian Books Express
cum cumpăr cărți online și le primesc acasă? Romanian Elefant and Libris, tied
e mai ușor să găsesc cărți pe subiect într-o librărie online? Romanian No brand recommended
citesc romane și vreau să comand online cărți în română Romanian Libris
am nevoie de cărți pentru școală și vreau să le găsesc într-un singur loc Romanian eMAG

Each engine's top three

Method

Each month Heralded asks every engine the same buyer questions, twice each, and reads every answer. An answer counts 0 for a brand it leaves out, 50 for a brand it names and 100 for a brand it recommends, and the Heralded Score is built from those. A brand named in at least three answers gets a score and a place.

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