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SEO has evolved and so has search
During Google Search Central Live 2026, experts responsible for the evolution of the search engine reinforced one message: SEO has not lost relevance it has evolved.
With the advancement of AI Overviews and GEO (Generative Engine Optimization), quality, structure and clarity have become even more strategic factors for content to be understood, indexed and used by AI systems.
In this material, we gathered the main insights from the event and organized the key points that help interpret this new search landscape.
Content highlights → Changes in result display: how Google is reorganizing the SERP with AI support. → Query fan-out: understand how AI breaks queries into subtopics to generate more comprehensive answers. → SEO + GEO: why technical best practices remain fundamental. → Content: Quality as the main ranking criterion. → Updates: AI reports and the Google Trends API.
From algorithm to strategy
Google tests updates using human evaluation and A/B experiments, combining qualitative analysis and real user data. Evolution is not occasional it is continuous.
At the same time, new search processing models require content that is more structured, objective and trainable for intelligent systems.
The eBook presents the main strategic guidelines to adapt your digital presence to the new AI-driven search logic.