Explore Google AI Overviews, its relationship to the former SGE experiment and checks for pages that do not appear. Research and guides distinguish ordinary search indexing from citation in an AI-generated answer.
AIO and AI search
Google AI Mode is a Search feature that answers questions needing deeper exploration or comparison with AI responses and supporting links. Learn how it differs from AI Overviews, when business sites can appear, how to check impressions in Search Console, and how to read traffic.
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AIO and AI search
When someone asks AI for a nearby pub with private rooms, will your restaurant come up? Learn which parts of your website and store listings to fix, how this relates to MEO, and how to check how AI describes you today.
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AIO and AI search
An AI search engine answers questions in text and links to the pages it relied on. Learn how Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT search, Perplexity and Bing differ, and which to check first when reviewing how your business is presented, based on what official sources confirm.
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AIO and AI search
Which numbers should you report for AI search optimization, and how? See monthly report items that separate Google impressions, AI citations, website visits and inquiries or purchases, how to read Search Console and Bing’s new reports, and what not to claim.
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AIO and AI search
Learn how to use Search Console’s Generative AI performance report to see how often your pages appeared in Google’s AI features, what impressions do and do not tell you, and how it relates to the standard Search results report.
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AIO and AI search
AI search ads are paid placements shown on AI answer screens. Learn how they differ from organic citations, what Google and ChatGPT require from advertisers in Japan, and how to decide between ads and organic visibility, based on official information as of September 23, 2026.
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AIO and AI search
Structured data is markup that tells search engines about a page’s content in a defined format. This guide covers its SEO role, whether AI search needs it, how to choose types, JSON-LD basics and what to check after adding it.
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AIO and AI search
Google stopped showing FAQ rich results in May 2026. This article explains what FAQPage means, how Q&A and HowTo are currently treated, whether AI search requires FAQ markup, and how to decide whether to keep or remove existing markup.
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AIO and AI search
When AI search shows an old price, old opening hours or a discontinued service, or describes your business incorrectly, learn how to find where the information remains, fix your pages, PDFs and third-party listings, and ask search engines to revisit.
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AIO and AI search
If you think AI search has reduced your traffic, first separate changes in clicks, click-through rate and impressions. Learn how to use Search Console’s generative AI report, page-level checks and Bing’s citation share, and how to choose a page to fix.
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Case studies and research
A New Zealand study found Google AI Overviews on 96% of its cost and pricing searches. Learn what the figure measured, what your pricing page should answer, and how to check your visibility in Search Console.
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AIO and AI search
Steps to take when your site does not appear in Google’s AI Overviews or AI Mode: check the live results, confirm indexing and generative AI impressions in Search Console, and understand robots.txt vs. noindex.
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AIO and AI search
AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries shown in Google Search. Learn how they relate to the former SGE trial, how they differ from AI Mode, why no extra requirements apply, how to review earlier work and how to check the Search Console generative AI report.
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