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Why is everyone in digital marketing talking about generative engine optimization lately and what happened to regular search engine optimization?
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The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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Why is everyone in digital marketing talking about generative engine optimization lately and what happened to regular search engine optimization?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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)
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
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generative engine optimization GEO 2026 search engines AI search SEO official guidance Google AI Overviews website owners Google ↗
Google Search Central AI features guidance SEO AI Overviews no special optimization required 2025 2026 Google ↗
- Google's Guide to Optimizing for Generative AI Features on Google Search | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- AI Features and Your Website | Google Search Central | Documentation | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
- The new SEO is GEO — and no one really knows the rules · businessinsider.com
- Generative engine optimization: What we know so far about generative SEO · blog.hubspot.com
- A new resource for optimizing for generative AI in Google Search | Google Search Central Blog | Google for Developers · developers.google.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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generative engine optimization GEO 2026 search engines AI search SEO official guidance Google AI Overviews website owners OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Comparison | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
Google Search Central AI features guidance SEO AI Overviews no special optimization required 2025 2026 OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Other / navigational | — | — | 1x of 1 |