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Our family recipe blog lost half its Google traffic after the AI Overviews rolled out last week, so what are the exact ranking factors I need to optimize for now?

ChatGPTgpt-63 queries11/1/2026
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

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Our family recipe blog lost half its Google traffic after the AI Overviews rolled out last week, so what are the exact ranking factors I need to optimize for now?
3 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google Search Central AI Overviews website owners ranking systems guidance 2026 NovemberGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Google AI Overviews rollout last week October 2026 traffic publishers recipe websitesGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Google Search Central recipe structured data helpful content experience first hand expertise ranking guidanceGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDOther / navigational

Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (3)
Short factOther / navigational33%ComparisonConsequenceReason67%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 3 of 3 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT3 real searches · gpt-6
Google Search Central AI Overviews website owners ranking systems guidance 2026 November Google ↗
Google AI Overviews rollout last week October 2026 traffic publishers recipe websites Google ↗
Google Search Central recipe structured data helpful content experience first hand expertise ranking guidance Google ↗

Queries

3 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Google Search Central AI Overviews website owners ranking systems guidance 2026 November
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
Google AI Overviews rollout last week October 2026 traffic publishers recipe websites
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1
Google Search Central recipe structured data helpful content experience first hand expertise ranking guidance
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Other / navigational——1x
of 1