u/whereaithinks

I still can’t tell whether this is a temporary shift or the future of informational search.

Feels like some overly optimized pages are starting to lose trust with both users and AI systems.

I’ve noticed tutorial-style content with original screenshots and UI examples seems to get surfaced more in AI-generated answers

If users start asking directly for brands inside prompts, maybe brand awareness matters more than ranking #1 now.

Has anyone else noticed that comparison tables and bullet summaries get picked up by AI answers way more often than normal paragraphs?

Whenever I add simple tables, quick pros/cons sections, or short bullet summaries, those parts seem to appear in ChatGPT/Perplexity responses much more frequently. Curious if others are seeing the same pattern or if I’m just imagining correlations at this point.

Traditional rank tracking feels incomplete lately. I care more about whether ChatGPT/Perplexity mention the brand than being #3 for a keyword.

Feels like AI systems are prioritizing freshness much more aggressively lately. I’ve been noticing recently updated pages getting referenced or surfaced in AI-generated answers even when older competing pages have significantly stronger backlink profiles and traditional SEO authority.

Especially in industries where information changes quickly, it almost feels like “recently refreshed + clearly structured” is outperforming “historically authoritative but older” content. We’re also seeing some AI crawlers revisit updated pages surprisingly fast after edits.

Curious if others are observing the same pattern. Are frequent updates becoming a stronger GEO/AEO signal than we expected?

Seeing stable impressions but lower CTR after AI Overviews started appearing more aggressively. Curious what strategies are actually helping.

Feels like strong opinions get ignored. Anyone tested this?

If your brand shows up everywhere, does your site matter less?

If AI summarizes everything, who’s actually reading full pages?