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How does local SEO function within generative search engines like Search Generative Experience, especially regarding proximity signals and unstructured review data?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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Fan-out diagram

The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How does local SEO function within generative search engines like Search Generative Experience, especially regarding proximity signals and unstructured review data?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google AI Overviews local search ranking proximity distance reviews unstructured review data local SEO documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason
Google local ranking factors relevance distance prominence reviews AI Overviews local search documentationGoogle ↗
OBSERVEDReason

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 (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequenceReason100%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Google AI Overviews local search ranking proximity distance reviews unstructured review data local SEO documentation Google ↗
Google local ranking factors relevance distance prominence reviews AI Overviews local search documentation Google ↗

Queries

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Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Google AI Overviews local search ranking proximity distance reviews unstructured review data local SEO documentation
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Google ↗
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Google local ranking factors relevance distance prominence reviews AI Overviews local search documentation
OBSERVED
Google ↗
AI Mode ↗
—Reason——1x
of 1