How to Identify AI Search Queries
Nick
September 24, 2026
Search behaviour has changed dramatically since AI assistants became a primary way people find information. Queries that once looked like fragmented keyword strings now arrive
Skip to content Search behaviour has changed dramatically since AI assistants became a primary way people find information. Queries that once looked like fragmented keyword strings now arrive
The way people search for information has fundamentally changed. AI-powered tools like ChatGPT, Google’s AI Overviews, and Perplexity now answer complex questions directly, pulling from
Google’s AI Overviews now appear in nearly half of all search queries, and AI chatbots like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Gemini are becoming primary research tools
The way people find information online has changed. Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT search, Perplexity, and other AI-powered tools now answer questions directly, often without sending
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A Cardiff café owner checks the phone after a quiet morning and discovers the problem isn't the coffee, the menu or the weather. One directory
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Sarah runs a dental practice in Bristol. Her team delivers excellent care, patients leave happy, and yet the phone has gone suspiciously quiet. Two streets
55.2% of websites that use structured data use JSON-LD, so if you're still treating it as a niche technical extra, the web has moved on
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Your phone is quiet, your website is live, and someone has promised that a new plugin will sort everything out by Friday. The homepage looks
You've checked the phone, the website works, and the van is out on the road. Yet a customer searching for “emergency plumber Bristol” calls a