Optimize Google AI Overviews.
AI Overviews answer above the first organic result and name their sources. Appearing there means visibility above everything else. Here's how, step by step.
Win the summary at the top of Google.
AI Overviews (formerly SGE) summarize the best answer to a question and cite selected sources. Ranking first isn't the same as being in that summary. The discipline that gets you there is Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).
How you land in AI Overviews.
See what you appear for in AI Overviews
Run your customers' searches on Google and check whether you show up in the AI summary at the top. That's your baseline for any optimization.
Answer real questions
AI Overviews summarize the best answer to a question. Build pages around concrete search questions and give the answer in the first sentence — then the reasoning.
Win with evidence
Sourced statistics, expert quotes and plain language measurably raise citation odds (Princeton study, arXiv:2311.09735) — up to +40% visibility.
Make structure machine-readable
Clean headings plus FAQ and Article schema (Schema.org) help Google recognize your content as an answer building block and use it in the overview.
Build topical authority
AI Overviews favor sources that cover a topic comprehensively. A connected topic cluster of a pillar page and detail pages signals exactly that depth.
Built by an operator, not a pitch.
Agent Citara was founded by Thorsten Keller — an economic journalist in Asia (Taiwan correspondent for the Süddeutsche Zeitung), then a C-level operator in global tech, and today an AI architect and certified trainer in Neuroresonance, emTrace and Mimikresonanz.
Three perspectives that make GEO serious: a grasp of the business, the engineering of AI systems, and the language that convinces people — and machines.
C-level in global tech
Chief of Staff Europe at Salesforce, EMEA COO at UiPath, plus Microsoft, Siemens and Atos. He knows how visibility turns into revenue.
Builds agent systems
Today he builds AI companies and agent systems — Agent Citara grew out of that work. GEO isn't a buzzword, it's his craft.
Language that lands
A certified trainer in Neuroresonance, NLP and emotional coaching. That's why your voice stays yours — even to the machine.
Common questions.
What are Google AI Overviews?
AI Overviews (formerly Search Generative Experience, SGE) are the AI summaries Google shows at the very top of search results. They answer the question directly and name selected sources — appearing there wins visibility even above the first organic result.
How do I optimize my page for AI Overviews?
Answer real search questions directly in the first sentence, back claims with statistics and sources, structure content with clean headings and Schema.org, and build topical authority through a connected content cluster. This approach is called Generative Engine Optimization (GEO).
Is this the same as classic SEO?
SEO is the foundation, but not enough on its own. AI Overviews select sources by citability and topical depth, not just ranking. GEO adds exactly those signals: direct answers, evidence and clear entities.
Will I lose clicks to the AI Overview?
The summary answers simple questions directly but prominently links its sources. Appearing as a cited source wins visibility and qualified clicks — being absent makes you invisible. Being visible in the AI Overview has become more important, not less.
Does this only apply to Google?
No. The same approach works for ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Claude. AI Overviews are just Google's variant — GEO optimization is cross-platform.
See where you stand in AI Overviews.
The free GEO check reveals overnight where you show up in AI answers. Your GEO agency handles the rest.