Google is increasingly answering questions itself, with a source reference instead of a click.
Google AI Overviews are AI-generated summaries that appear above regular search results, composed of multiple web pages with attribution. For informational searches, this means that some visitors get their answer without clicking through.
IN COMMON LANGUAGE
What it means for your traffic
The number of clicks decreases for purely informative questions. Anyone who just wanted to know what a term means no longer has a reason to open your site.
Less will change for commercial searches. Anyone looking for a supplier still wants to compare, see prices and contact: that's not something a summary will solve.
WHY IT MATTERS
How you are mentioned as a source
What is quoted are passages that answer a sub-question completely and independently. That's why every page here starts with a short answer that makes sense in itself.
Consistency carries a lot of weight. Conflicting prices or facts on different pages make you unusable as a source.
- Answer at the top — short, complete, without reservation.
- One fact, one value — contradictions will cost you the mention.
- Verifiable figures — with date and origin.
- Commercial intent keeps clicking — no one compares in a summary.
- Allow crawlers — those who are not allowed to be read are not mentioned.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Will I lose traffic because of this?
On informational searches, probably yes. Much less on commercial ones. That's an argument for focusing your efforts on pages where someone wants to buy or request something, not just on explanatory pieces.
Can I unsubscribe from this?
Only by blocking search engines, you will also disappear from the regular results. That is a worse outcome for almost any company.
How do I measure whether I am mentioned?
There is no report for it yet. In practice, you test it manually: ask your most important questions and note whether you are mentioned. We record this monthly.
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