Qwen position tracking
qwenpositionAccount required
Inline citation order on Qwen follows the order of claims in the answer, which on commercial prompts effectively becomes a recommendation ranking.
How it renders
Order of inline source links within the answer body.
Sampling
We report mean position with its spread, because a source that alternates between slot one and slot five is a different story from one that sits consistently at slot three.
Gotcha
On commerce prompts, position is closer to a ranking than a citation order, and clients will read it that way. Label it clearly in your reporting.
What the API returns
A single collection call against Qwen for the position field, sampled n times and returned as one object per prompt.
{
"engine": "qwen",
"field": "position",
"prompt": "best ai visibility tracking tool",
"country": "GB",
"language": "en",
"n": 30,
"positions": [
{
"url": "https://nostimates.com/engines",
"avg_position": 1.8,
"best_position": 1,
"spread": 0.9
}
]
}Response fields
| Key | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| url | string | Cited URL. |
| avg_position | float | Mean ordinal across samples in which it appeared. |
| best_position | integer | Best slot achieved in the sample set. |
| spread | float | Standard deviation of position across samples. |
Qwen position FAQ
- Is Qwen position a ranking?
- On commercial prompts it behaves like one. On informational prompts it is ordinary citation order.
- How stable is it?
- Less stable than Perplexity's numbering. Report the distribution, not the mode.
Track Qwen ordering on your commerce prompts
We will add position tracking and label the intent split for you.
Other Qwen data
Across every engine
Compare how position behaves on every engine we track.
Position across all engines →