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NewsSEO · 18 Jul 2026 · 4 min

Google now answers with AI: what it means for your business

Google's AI now answers before the links. Here's how to make it into the answer.

✍ The Potencia Digital team
Google now answers with AI: what it means for your business

When someone searches for «plumber near me» or «best accountant for freelancers», Google increasingly answers with an AI-generated summary instead of the classic list of links. If your business isn't in that answer, for many customers it's as if you didn't exist.

How do you get in there? There's no secret trick: AI feeds on well-structured websites, content that answers specific questions, real reviews and complete Google Business Profiles. In other words, everything you should already be working on — but with more purpose than ever.

Our advice: make sure your website answers the 10 questions customers ask you most, in natural language. And look after your Google Business Profile as if it were your shop window, because it is.

At Potencia Digital we're already optimising our clients' websites for this new landscape. If you want to know how yours is doing, ask us for a no-obligation review.

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