The ๐ of Local SEO has spoken! Psyched to see Joy and the Sterling Sky team are already getting value from the new AI Overviews Tracking.
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We use @LocalFalcon daily, and I'm excited to see they just launched Google AI Overviews Tracking! This new feature lets us track visibility in BOTH traditional search results AND AI-generated ones. ๐
Monitor how your business appears in AI Overviews, track your Share of AI Voice (SAIV), and see what sources Google's AI references as they display overviews.ย
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We trusted Google's documentation. That's not wrong, it's what you do.
But documentation goes stale. Rankings don't wait for the update.
Stay close to the data, not just the docs.
Is service area review part of your audit process, or are you adding it now?
Google just confirmed that GBP service areas are now a local ranking signal.
For years, they told us the opposite.
A lot of local SEO agencies repeated that guidance in good faith.
But itโs time to update the playbook.
Log into your or your client's GBP. Open service area settings.
Ask: Does this reflect where we actually work today?
Then check it against your rank data. The difference between those two is your opportunity.
Google's intelligent Search box just made local SEO way more complex.
The new multimodal interface routes users directly to AI responses. Your perfect #3 local pack ranking is invisible if you're not in AI citations.
Solution: Track both traditional rankings AND AI visibility with SAIV (Share of AI Voice).
Gemini 3 just became the default AI Overview model worldwide.
Which means your April visibility reports are already obsolete.
This is exactly why we track SAIV (Share of AI Voice) with live geo-grid scans.
What's the biggest change you've noticed since the update?
Gemini 3 rollout means that every AI Overview query runs on different logic than last month.
Businesses that track this shift in real time will dominate local AI search.
The ones relying on stale rank data will wonder why their visibility vanished.
Hot take: Your monthly ranking reports just became fiction.
Google swapped the AI model deciding local visibility 3 weeks ago.
Aggregate trend lines can't catch model switches this fast.
You need real-time geo-grid intelligence, not backward-looking averages.
@rustybrick The sliding carousel changes everything for local visibility. Your business could be position #4 but completely invisible if users don't swipe.
@rustybrick Seeing this too. Our scans show local pack volatility is actually worse than organic. Anyone else noticing their Google Business Profile traffic tanking the past 10 days? This update is hitting local harder than Google's admitting.
AI Overviews just hit 1B+ users globally.
Local queries are surging.
The gap between businesses that are measuring their AI visibility and those that are guessing is about to become very obvious
Google just pushed AI Overviews to 1B+ users.
Every SEO agency is talking about it.
Few are measuring it properly.
SAIV (Share of AI Voice) tracks your brand's visibility in AI-generated results.
Which of your clients saw the biggest visibility shift after the AI Overviews expansion?
Hot take: Your 90% SoLV (Share of Local Voice) score means nothing if you're optimizing for the wrong search behavior.
People driving don't type "coffee open now." They say, โFind me a coffee shop open now with a drive-through."
Voice search queries convert 3x faster than text searches.
Now Google's putting Gemini in millions of cars this summer.
Voice queries pull from conversational keywords and real-time availability.
Time to scan how you actually rank for "pizza place open now near me."
AI systems are cross-referencing everything now:
โข Your website
โข Google Business Profileย ย
โข Reviews
โข Citations
You get cited when each one tells the same story.
Are you ranking #1 in the local pack but missing from AI Overviews?
Your GBP is fine. Your content isn't.
AI systems pull from rich, detailed content. Local packs reward GBP signals.
Different engines, different fuel.
2026 GEO reality check: AI systems aren't just finding your content. They're deciding whether to trust it.
"Emergency Water Heater Repair in Dublin, OH" gets cited.
"Plumbing Services" gets skipped.
Authority matters more than optimization.