How search has changed
Not long ago the rule was simple: whoever ranks first on Google wins. Today more and more customers ask AI assistants directly: ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Perplexity or Copilot. They don't get a list of links, they get a finished answer: a specific recommendation of a company, product or service. On top of that, Google itself now shows AI Overviews above the classic results. Being “just” well ranked in a search engine no longer means being seen.