Traffic Dropped After Google AI Overviews
If your organic traffic fell while your rankings stayed roughly the same, Google AI Overviews may be answering your visitors’ questions before they click. Stork Advertising helps you get cited inside those AI answers and shift content toward searches that still drive visits, by combining SEO with Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), in English and Arabic.
Why rankings hold but clicks fall
Google answers first
For many informational searches, an AI Overview now sits above the results and answers the question directly.
Only a few sources get cited
AI Overviews link to a handful of pages. If yours isn’t one of them, position 3 gets far fewer clicks than before.
Old content isn’t built for AI
Long intros and keyword-heavy articles are hard for AI to quote. Pages with clear, direct answers get cited more often.
What we do
Scope agreed after your free AI visibility test.
- Analysis of which pages lost clicks and which queries show AI Overviews
- Rewrites of key pages in answer-first format
- FAQ, HowTo and Organization schema where relevant
- llms.txt, knowledge base and AI crawler access
- New content for searches that still drive clicks
- Monthly tracking of AI citations and organic traffic
From lost clicks to cited answers in 5 steps
Analyse
We find the pages and queries most affected by AI Overviews.
Test
We check who gets cited in AI answers for those queries.
Fix
We set up schema, llms.txt and AI crawler access.
Rewrite
We restructure key pages so AI engines can quote them.
Track
We report citations and traffic every month.
More SEO as usual vs SEO + GEO
| SEO as usual | SEO + GEO with Stork | |
|---|---|---|
| Focus | Climb rankings | Get cited inside AI answers |
| Content | More long articles | Answer-first pages AI can quote |
| Technical setup | Meta tags and links | Plus schema, llms.txt and AI crawler access |
| Topic choice | Same keywords | Shift toward searches that still get clicks |
| Reporting | Rankings only | Rankings, clicks and AI citations |
Why sites hit by AI Overviews work with Stork
We run GEO on our own site
storkadvertising.com uses the same setup we deliver: llms.txt, a knowledge base, full schema and a Wikidata entity.
SEO and GEO in one team
We fix rankings and AI visibility together, instead of treating them as separate projects.
Bilingual by default
We work in English and Arabic, across Europe, the GCC and Egypt.
AI Overviews and lost traffic: common questions
How do I know AI Overviews caused my traffic drop?
A common sign is falling clicks in Google Search Console while impressions and average position stay similar. We check which of your queries show AI Overviews.
Can I get my site cited in AI Overviews?
You can improve your chances. Clear answers, structured data and strong topical authority make your pages more likely to be used as a source.
How much does this cost?
GEO plans start from $299 per month. Every plan starts with a free AI visibility test, and the right plan depends on the number of pages and languages involved.
Will my traffic return to what it was?
Not always for purely informational searches. We focus on getting cited where possible and on shifting content toward searches that still bring visits and leads.
Does this also help with ChatGPT and Perplexity?
Yes. The same work — clear answers, schema and consistent brand data — improves visibility across AI engines in general.
See who AI Overviews cite instead of you.
We test your site on 10 real queries in Google AI Overviews, ChatGPT and Perplexity and send you the results, free.
