Google Generative AI | Google SGE | Content | SEO

As we mentioned in our previous blog post about how to plan and prepare for Google SGE, why wait to create website content and assets that might make it more likely Google will serve up a link to your website in relevant Generative AI/Generative Search results?

What Our Recent Audit Of Google Generative AI Results Revealed

We conducted an audit of the various content and websites that were served up in Google Generative AI results for a number of questions we posed via Google SGE and identified some commonalities among the content (content that was either shared directly in the results by Google or, indirectly, in the blog posts or website pages to which Google SGE linked in results.

As shown below, in addition to sharing content in Generative AI results, Google may serve up links to various websites below the content or in a carousel to the right of results. And, Google may even serve up an infographic!

Eight Commonalities Among Content Or Websites Served Up In Google SGE Results:

Use of questions in page or post titles or in headers or sub-headers (H2, H3, etc.) on the page/post
Use of headers/sub-headers, in general, to break up content
Content contained bulleted lists and/or numbered lists
Concise/short content (keep in mind content should still be actionable/provide enough detail to really answer someone’s question and allow them to take next steps)
Rows of space/white space to break up content
Infographics (keep in mind that Google doesn’t tend to like infographics from an SEO standpoint because they aren’t accessible; unless they are tagged on the back-end, a screen-reader used by those who are visually impaired can’t read them; if you decide to add more infographics to your site, be sure to use what’s known as “alt-tags” to make infographics accessible
Use of inner-page/inner-post or external links (these support ranking well under the current Google algorithm and standard Google search tool too)
Post/page title or header makes it obvious a list will follow, such as “3 Steps…” or “5 Actions To Take…”

Is It Possible To Prepare For SGE?

The answer to the above is a strong “yes,” and the above commonalities information should provide lots of insight to get you started with developing new, or revising existing, content to make it more likely to be of interest to Google SGE. Need more hands-on help with or advice about Google SGE Prep & Planning? Reach out to our team of SEO experts today!