When AI Overview appears on your main keyword, expect 40-70% less traffic from it, happening more and more every month.
#AI #SEO #Marketing
19.11.2025 07:42
👍 1
🔁 0
💬 0
📌 0
When AI Overview appears on your main keyword, expect 40-70% less traffic from it, happening more and more every month.
#AI #SEO #Marketing
Example:
Query: 'How long does it take to learn Python'
Output: 'Most beginners can learn Python basics in 3-6 months with consistent daily practice. Advanced proficiency typically requires 1-2 years of hands-on coding experience.'
Copy, paste into your article, optimize for AI Overviews. Done
Directly and clearly answer the query
Be 20-30 words max
Contain no fluff or context
Be immediately useful
Do not write anything else. Just those opening sentences."
"I'm writing about [TOPIC]. The target search query is '[EXACT QUERY]'.
Write ONLY the first 1-2 sentences that would appear at the top of my article. These sentences must:
Google only pulls from your first 1-2 sentences.
Directly and clearly answer the question upfront.
✅ Do: 'Coffee stays fresh for 2-4 weeks after roasting'
❌ Don't: 'Coffee has been enjoyed for centuries...'
Lead with value. Context comes later.
Use this exact prompt 👇
AI Overview traffic converts 3x better than regular search.
But most content gets ignored because it doesn't answer the question in the first sentence.
Here's how to fix it (and the ChatGPT prompt to write perfect opening lines):
🧵👇
#AI #SEO
That strategy works if you're HubSpot with proprietary data and resources. But I think most people trying this will just be creating AEO spam at scale.
If this actually turns out to be a viable strategy, the amount of slop we're about to see is going to be insane.
I was just reading this interview with HubSpot's Aja Frost and their suggestion for AI SEO optimisation it is to "scale to 1000s of pages" of pages instead of 10's.
👇
#AI #SEO #AISEO
Ahrefs analyzed 75,000 brands.
What predicts AI visibility:
Brand mentions: 0.664 ✅
Branded anchors: 0.527
Search volume: 0.392
Domain Rating: 0.326
Backlinks: 0.218 ❌
(Spearman correlation coefficients)
Your link building budget? Reallocate it.
#AI #SEO #AISEO
If AI traffic converts 23X better but is only 0.5% of volume...
Is it better to rank #1 on Google or be the only answer in ChatGPT?
(Genuine question, not sure there's a clear answer yet)
The small amount of traffic that does come from AI?
Ahrefs says it converts 4-23X better! Adobe found visitors stay 38% longer and bounce 27% less.
We're moving from high-volume/low-intent to low-volume/high-intent traffic.
Not sure most businesses are ready for that shift.
When AI Overviews show up, click rates drop another 34-55% on top of that.
The first organic result gets pushed 1,674 pixels down the page.
Web traffic tells the story:
🔻 Business Insider down 48%
🔻 CNN down 20%
🔻 WebMD down 43%
🔻 Quora down 28%
🔻 Investopedia down 43%
60% of Google searches end without a click now.
I've been digging into what this actually means for businesses.
Some numbers from recent studies:
🧵
#AI #SEO
How to stop your vibe coding projects from turning into spaghetti #vibecoding #cursor #claudecode #codex
Can you tell I'm a bit obsessed with animated gradients? 🌈 🌈
Am I doing too much?
#buildinpublic #SaaS #webdesign
Done :)
Ok I've just made a starter pack of some of the best IndieHackers, Founders and Solopreneurs For the Part 2.
Follow them all 👇
If you want to be added -
- Drop a 👋
- Share your project URL 🔗
go.bsky.app/KAHwWek
Thanks mate, I'll do that for sure!
As part of my new app I'm going to need to do a lot of system prompting of LLM's.
Do you guys have any recommendations for tools to help you test different prompts and prompting strategies quickly?
#buildinginpublic #buildinpublic #promptengineering
Looking to connect with fellow developers, web designers, entrepreneurs, and anyone passionate about building and creating. Let’s share ideas, collaborate, and learn from each other!
#WebDev #Entrepreneurship #BuildInPublic #WebDesign
