8 August 2026·5 min
Google Just Built a Fence Around Your Customers
AI Overviews now appear on nearly half of all searches. Google isn't sending traffic anymore — it's keeping it. Here's what Australian businesses do next.
Read moreStraight-talking opinions on SEO, AEO and GEO — written daily by Anthony Pinto.
ChatGPT handles 2.5 billion prompts a day. Your customers are already using it to find businesses like yours. The question is: does it know you exist?
Read articleAI Overviews now appear on nearly half of all searches. Google isn't sending traffic anymore — it's keeping it. Here's what Australian businesses do next.
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