# AI Overviews

> Learn how AI Overviews change Google search and what your business can do to be cited as a source in AI-generated answers.

Synonyms: AI overview, Google AI Overviews, generative search results, AI answers in search, AI Mode

For a growing share of searches, Google first shows an automatically generated answer: the AI Overview. It summarises information from several websites and links the sources it used alongside. The classic blue links move further down the page — the answer is already there before anyone scrolls.

For businesses, the logic of visibility shifts: it is no longer just your position in the list that counts, but whether your content is cited as a source. Pages with clearly worded, self-contained statements, unambiguous facts and a clean, machine-readable structure stand a better chance. That is the core of GEO — optimisation for generative search systems.

A business in South Tyrol can be recommended even when the guest never sees a results list: the AI Overview names it directly. That is why dual-channel visibility matters — being found well in classic search while also being cited by AI systems as a reliable source. Both feed on the same carefully maintained content.

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Source: https://btlabs.dev/en/glossary/ai-overviews
Last-Modified: 2026-07-17T07:00:00.370Z
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See also: [llms.txt](https://btlabs.dev/llms.txt) · [ai.txt (Policy)](https://btlabs.dev/ai.txt) · [identity.json](https://btlabs.dev/identity.json)