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AI Search Optimisation Insights
A collection of articles exploring how AI-powered search systems like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Google AI Overviews decide which brands to mention, cite, and recommend.
These posts explain AI Search Optimisation, entity-based visibility, and content structure, helping businesses move beyond rankings and become trusted sources in AI-generated answers.


How to Structure Your Website Content So AI Systems Can Use It in Their Answers
Your website might rank well on Google. It might contain accurate information, clear service descriptions, and thoughtful explanations of what you do, but when someone asks ChatGPT, Perplexity, or Google's AI Overview a question your business should be the answer to, you don't appear. You’ve invested in your website and digital content, whether through SEO, brand positioning, or both. Yet when people ask AI tools the questions your business should answer, you’re missing. That

Elaine Subritzky
Feb 812 min read


What “AI Mentions” Actually Are (and Why Rankings Alone Don’t Create Them)
For years, visibility in search meant one thing: ranking on page one of Google. But AI search has changed the rules. If you’ve spent years building search rankings, this shift can feel destabilising. Your rankings still matter, but they’re no longer the complete picture. Today’s answer engines like ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, Google AI Overviews, and Copilot don’t just list links. They generate direct answers and inside those answers, they decide which brands to name. That’s

Elaine Subritzky
Jan 3013 min read


7 Foundations Successful Businesses Use to Build Visibility in Google and AI Search
This article answers one question: What actually makes a business visible and trusted in Google and AI search over time? If you’re trying to optimise for AI search, the advice can feel overwhelming and often contradictory with no clear path forward. Some people tell you to chase AI mentions, others say nothing has changed. Most talk about tools before they explain principles. The truth is, businesses that perform well in AI search tend to do the same things that have always

Elaine Subritzky
Jan 311 min read


Will AI Replace SEO? Here’s How to Be the Source AI Trusts
AI won’t replace SEO in New Zealand, it’s reshaping it. Your website still anchors discovery and conversions, while Answer Engine Optimisation (AEO) helps you get quoted inside AI answers. Practical AI optimisation SEO for NZ businesses, from Local SEO fundamentals to Answer Engine Optimisation service NZ. Our approach to AI optimisation for websites pairs Local SEO with SEO for AI search engines, clean structure, clear Q&As, and schema, so you gain website optimisation for A

Elaine Subritzky
Aug 21, 20254 min read


Why AI-Written Content Could Be Hurting Your SEO (And How to Fix It)
Google is making it harder for websites to rank if their content feels robotic, generic, or low quality. AI-written content that might have ranked in the past is now more likely to get ignored or worse, penalised. If you’re using AI tools to help write your content, that’s fine—but you need to make sure the final result reads as well (or better) than something written by a professional human copywriter. Google’s New Stance on AI-Written Content: What’s Changed? With Google's

Elaine Subritzky
Jun 16, 20252 min read
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