Technical readiness resource

Is SEO dead? What to fix as AI search changes discovery

SEO still matters for AI search. Use a practical plan to check access, improve useful content, and separate technical readiness from citation tracking.

SEO still matters. Google says the same basic practices apply to its AI search features. If people can find your page but cannot get a clear answer from it, changing the label from SEO to GEO will not solve that problem.

Turn a broad worry into a specific investigation

“SEO is dead” does not explain why a particular page lost visitors. Compare the affected pages, dates, and queries in your own analytics and Search Console. Check for a deployment, removed content, redirects, or an accidental noindex change before attributing everything to AI answers. SiteReadyFor.SI does not import search-performance history, so keep that investigation alongside the technical scan.

Fix the pages your customers already need

Start with a service or product page. Write down the question someone should be able to answer after reading it. For a delivery service, that might be where you deliver, how long it takes, and what it costs. Add those details before writing another broad article about your industry.

  1. Check that the page and its important links open correctly.
  2. Put the main answer near the beginning.
  3. Make structured data match the facts on the page.
  4. Use your traffic and conversion data to see what changes.

Where a technical readiness scan fits

SiteReadyFor.SI brings crawler rules, initial HTML, sitemap checks, JSON-LD parsing, and an llms.txt check into one report with fix instructions. A free homepage audit gives you a starting point; paid plans extend the page allowance. It does not replace content expertise or prove that an answer engine will recommend your brand.

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