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Surviving Zero-Click Search: Optimizing for AI Overviews

Surviving Zero-Click Search: Optimizing for AI Overviews

Google's AI Overviews (formerly SGE) are answering questions directly on the results page. This leads to "Zero-Click" searches. To survive, you must optimize to be the Source of the AI's answer.

Answer Engine Optimization (AEO)

  • Direct Answers: Start your content with a direct definition. "X is Y." This makes it easy for AI to extract.
  • Heavy Structuring: Use excessive headers and bullet points. AI models digest structured data better than walls of text.
  • Schema is Critical: Structured data (JSON-LD) is the language of AI. Without it, the model has to guess your data. (See: Schema Guide).

Structure Your Data: Use Zyro's Schema Generator to feed the AI models correctly.

Edward Glush
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