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Getting into Google AI Overviews.
Google's AI Overviews are the largest-scale AI citation surface. Here's what we know about getting in.
Overview
Google AI Overviews appear at the top of many search queries, summarising answers from multiple sources. Getting cited there is harder than Perplexity but has 100× the reach.
What helps
• Strong classic SEO (Lighthouse scores, fast load, mobile-first).
• Structured data (Article, FAQ, Service schemas).
• Authoritative inbound links.
• Direct, citable sentences in the first 100 words.
What doesn't help
Generative engine optimisation services that promise AI Overview placement — most are selling AEO in a new wrapper. There's no shortcut.
The honest truth
Google has not published criteria for AIO inclusion. We're all inferring from observation. Do the SEO fundamentals well; AIO follows from that.
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