Google AI Search
Google AI Overviews: what website owners actually need.
Google's current guidance says established SEO best practices remain the foundation for AI Overviews and AI Mode. There is no special AI schema or required AI text file for these Search features.
Official eligibility basics
Be eligible for Google SearchThe page must meet normal technical requirements.
Be indexed and snippet-eligibleGoogle says a supporting link needs to be indexed and eligible to appear with a Search snippet.
Use normal SEO foundationsHelpful, reliable content, crawlability, internal links and good page experience remain relevant.
Keep structured data accurateIf used, it should match visible page content.
No special AI markup requiredGoogle says special AI schema, AI text files and llms.txt are not required for Google Search generative features.