We're entering the next chapter of Google Search, where AI features aren't just in search. Google Search is AI search through and through. That's a direct quote from the head of search at Google, Liz Reid, announcing at Google I/O something I've been predicting would happen by the end of 2026, but it looks like it's coming a lot sooner. Traditional search is breathing its last breath. All search will be AI search. Let's talk about what this means for businesses and anyone who's doing SEO. If you weren't aware, Google's big annual conference, Google I/O, just happened. This was by far their biggest Google I/O to date. We have lots of other videos talking about Gemini 3.5 and Web MCP and LLMs.txt, but it was also the biggest change we've ever seen to Google Search, and that's what we're talking about today. Google has switched to an intelligent search bar, which allows and encourages lo
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We're entering the next chapter of Google Search, where AI features aren't just in search. Google Search is AI search through and through. That's a direct quote from the head of search at Google, Liz Reid, announcing at Google I/O something I've been predicting would happen by the end of 2026, but it looks like it's coming a lot sooner. Traditional search is breathing its last breath. All search will be AI search. Let's talk about what this means for businesses and anyone who's doing SEO. If you weren't aware, G...
heck on the status of something, and every day it'll give you a notification on your phone, and all that's really cool. But the thing that actually has an impact on how we do SEO is that all these results are being orchestrated by AI. Yes, we will still have blue links to websites in the search results. The process Google uses to select which blue links show up now has an added AI layer on top of it. Instead of the human interacting directly with the search algorithm, the human is merely passing their prompt or...
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Traditional rank tracking breaks down as AI curates results; visibility tracking should simulate user prompts and track cited/influential websites.
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heck on the status of something, and every day it'll give you a notification on your phone, and all that's really cool. But the thing that actually has an impact on how we do SEO is that all these results are being orchestrated by AI. Yes, we will still have blue links to websites in the search results. The process Google uses to select which blue links s...
To influence AI search, either get recommended on pages already cited by AI or create stronger content that can replace cited pages.
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heck on the status of something, and every day it'll give you a notification on your phone, and all that's really cool. But the thing that actually has an impact on how we do SEO is that all these results are being orchestrated by AI. Yes, we will still have blue links to websites in the search results. The process Google uses to select which blue links s...
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