Your Rankings Are Fine. The Phone Stopped Ringing. AI Ate Local Search

Podcast: Answer Engine Optimization (AEO): The AI Search Podcast · AEO Engine

Opublikowano: 2026-10-17

AEO Engine's episode "Your Rankings Are Fine. The Phone Stopped Ringing. AI Ate Local Search" explains why Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity now form a third results layer that is capturing question-search clicks from local businesses whose organic rankings remain unchanged. Key takeaways: Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity function as a third results layer above local pack results.Local businesses can retain rankings in Google Maps while losing question-based phone calls to AI answers.Question-intent searches ("who fixes," "how much does") are the queries AI engines absorb first.AEO Engine frames answer engine optimization...