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Make content Google picks over AI

Google’s been rolling out AI Mode in Search and it’s a pretty big shift.

It’s designed for complex, open-ended questions: The kind where AI Overviews can’t answer.

Trying out AI Mode is easy:

  • Just visit google.com/aimode.
  • Or type in a question in www.google.com, and look for the AI Mode option!
  • Or open the Google app on your phone and tap AI Mode.
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How is AI Mode Different from AI Overview?

Unlike AI Overviews (SGE), which offer quick explanations and a list of links, AI Mode provides summaries, comparisons, visuals, and deeper links for further exploration.

Google does NOT Want to Run AI Mode. Why?

AI Mode is costly for Google to run. 💸

Unlike standard search results that pull from indexed pages quickly, AI Mode uses Gemini 2.0 and requires much more computational power.

It’s not something Google wants to use by default, it’s a backup when regular search falls short.

So Why Does this Matter to Content Creators or SEOs?

We can help reduce Google’s need for AI Mode. If your content is genuinely useful, Google won’t need to rely on AI Mode.

Your content should:

  • Answer nuanced questions clearly
  • Offer comparisons
  • Provide structured breakdowns
  • Anticipate follow-ups

A win for Google economically = A win for your visibility.

If Google sees your page satisfying complex queries without AI help, it will likely reward you with better rankings.

How Can I Write Content that Google Wants?

We have created the only tool in the market that has reverse-engineered Google’s ranking criteria: SCHOLAR.

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It scores any content from 0 to 100 for metrics like content clarity, factuality, human effort, information gain, content freshness, user intent alignment, entities, contextual flow, and more.

You will know exactly what to fix to create content Google actually wants to rank.

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Manick Bhan

Founder CEO/CTO

Manick Bhan is a 3x INC 5000 Founder CEO/CTO of Search Atlas which is an AI SEO automation platform used by thousands of brands and agencies and awarded Best SEO Platform by the Global Search Awards, Shortlisted by Capterra, Front Runners by Software Advice, Category Leaders by GetApp, and best tool for customer satisfaction and usability by Gartner.

Manick Bhan founded LinkGraph, a digital marketing firm that helps enterprise brands and agencies scale through data-driven SEO with clients like Shutterfly and Samsung. LinkGraph is listed as one of the Fastest Growing Private Companies in the US by inc.5000, as one of the Best Workplaces in Advertising & Marketing by Fortune, as New York’s B2B Leaders by Clutch, won no.1 Spot in Nevada’s Top Workplaces, Best B2B SEO Campaign by The Drum Awards for Search, and named Best Start-Up Agency at U.S. Search Awards.

Manick Bhan is the owner for Signal Genesys, the leading platform for automated press release distribution and digital presence management, and LinkLaboratory, the largest online publisher catalog in the world.

With 10+ years of experience in SEO from the in-house and agency side, Manick Bhan has taught both startups and Fortune 500 companies how to scale their brands with a data-driven SEO strategy that can break into any market and outrank even the biggest of competitors. Bhan’s innovative approach to SEO has helped Search Atlas and LinkGraph scale to multiple 8 figures.

Manick's thought leadership has appeared in leading publications like Forbes, Search Engine Journal (SEJ), VentureBeat, G2, Digital Summit, Wordstream, Wix SEO Hub, Wordable, Inc. Masters, AllBusiness, SEO Blog, Jumpstory, Serpstat, Outbrain, Improvado, Unstack, Clickbank, Built in, Martechseries, Smartbrief, Marketingprofs, Readwrite, Honeybook, Content Marketing Institute, LocalIQ, CXL, Oncrawl, Venture Beat, Addicted2Success, Search Engine Watch, Business 2 Community, Digital Connect MAG, and VegasInc.

Manick Bhan is a speaker at events like TechCrunch Disrupt, Traffic & Conversion Summit, Ad World, HighLevel Summit, Chiang Mai SEO, Merchant Mastery, SEO Week, AI Bot Summit, SEO Spring Training, LeadSnap Mansion Mastermind, SEOROCKSTARS, LeadSnapEvents, DigiMarCon, brightonSEO, Affiliate Summit West, Traffic and Conversion Summit, Outranking Summit, TES Affiliate Conference, billo Summit, ContentTECH Summit, Content Marketing Conference, VEGPRENEUR Expert Hour, Ai4 Conference, SMX West, and Affiliate Summit West.

Manick Bhan is the Founder CEO/CTO of the SEOTheory community, a community designed for agency owners looking to increase their SEO results.

Manick Bhan enjoys writing and speaking on topics that range from digital marketing to artificial intelligence and machine learning to social impact in the animal welfare and environmental space.

Manick lives in Medellin, Colombia with his wife Sophia Deluz-Bhan, daughter Ruby, and a house full of animals including Voodoo the SEO cat.

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