google-ai-search-optimization
Google AI Search Optimization
Overview
Use this skill to turn Google's public guidance on generative AI features in Search into practical recommendations, audits, content plans, and implementation tasks.
Anchor every recommendation in this model: Google AI Overviews and AI Mode are extensions of Google Search. They rely on Google's Search index, ranking, quality, crawling, and serving systems, with AI techniques such as retrieval-augmented generation and query fan-out layered on top.
Treat AEO and GEO as industry labels for search optimization work, not as separate Google systems. For Google Search, optimizing for generative AI search means optimizing for the overall Search experience.
Source Handling
If the user asks for the latest guidance, current policy, exact wording, or source citations, verify against the official sources before answering. Start with references/google-ai-search-principles.md for the source map and browse only official Google, Google Search Central, Google Help, Merchant Center, web.dev, or directly linked protocol pages unless the user asks for broader research.
Do not present this skill as a replacement for the live docs. Google Search guidance changes.