AI
AI Overviews
AI Overviews are Google's generated summaries shown above traditional results for some queries, synthesised from multiple sources.
For local and service queries, overviews frequently summarise sentiment across review sources rather than quoting one. That makes the aggregate character of your reviews — and the presence of clear owner replies — an input into what gets summarised.
Citation patterns favour pages with a direct, self-contained answer near the top, which is why definition and FAQ-shaped content is over-represented in citations.
In practice
Write the answer first and the context second on any page you want cited, and keep factual claims verifiable.
Common questions
- How do I get cited in AI Overviews?
- There is no submission process. In practice: an unambiguous direct answer high on the page, verifiable facts, and enough corroboration elsewhere for the model to trust the claim.