How to Become an Authority That Gets Cited in Google AI Overviews
📑 The New Visibility Equation: Who Gets Cited Google AI Overview Citation Patterns Decoded Building E-E-A-T Authority for AI Systems Citation-Worthy Content Strategies Multi-Platform Authority Building Implementation Roadmap for Law Firms Frequently Asked Questions Google AI Overviews now appear in over 50% of all search queries, representing the most significant transformation in search behavior since Google’s inception. For law firms, this shift creates a fundamental question: how do you become an authority that AI systems trust enough to cite? The answer isn’t about gaming an algorithm. It’s about building genuine authority signals that AI platforms—from ChatGPT to Google Gemini to Perplexity—recognize as citation-worthy. Analysis of over 36 million AI Overviews and 46 million citations reveals clear patterns that distinguish cited sources from invisible ones. This guide breaks down the exact strategies law firms need to build authority that gets cited, based on 2025 citation data from Profound, Surfer, and Originality.AI research. Whether you’re optimizing for traditional search or Generative Engine Optimization (GEO), understanding these authority signals … Learn More