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Google Just Made AI Mode Default — Here's What Changes for Your Brand
In this episode of AEO Engine, we dissect Google's new default AI Mode — a shift from click-based to citation-based search that forces brands to rethink visibility as Google AI Overviews and Perplexity AI now dominate how users consume answers.
Key takeaways:
Google's AI Mode default makes being quoted in AI answers more valuable than clicks.
Brands must adopt Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) to appear in ChatGPT and Google AI summaries.
AEO Engine's visibility scanner identifies gaps in AI citation across major language models.
Perplexity AI now drives over 15% of referral traffic from AI…
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