Search Is Evolving. Here's How We're Helping You Dominate the Next Phase.

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June 24, 2025
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Search isn’t what it used to be. And that’s a good thing.

The ways people research, compare, and decide are shifting rapidly—driven by AI, multimodal interfaces, and a move from keyword-driven results to intent-driven experiences. At Fluro, we’re not just observing this shift. We’re building strategies that help our clients lead it.

This is a breakdown of what’s changing across the search landscape, and how we’re actively evolving your visibility strategy—across SEO, paid search, and content—to ensure you’re showing up in the moments that matter most.


1. Search Is No Longer a List of Links. It’s a Conversation.

Thanks to developments like AI Overviews, AI Mode, Circle to Search and Google Lens, people aren’t just typing keywords anymore—they’re asking questions, using images, and expecting context-aware answers in seconds.

Why this matters:

  • 1.5 billion people use AI Overviews every month
  • Lens searches are up 65% YoY, with over 100 billion visual queries
  • Gen Z issues more queries than any other group, and prefers visual + conversational formats
  • AI Mode queries are 2–3x longer than traditional searches

Search is no longer linear. Your visibility now depends on how well your brand is structured, explained, and positioned to be surfaced—without needing to be clicked.


2. Paid Search and SEO Are Merging.

The line between organic and paid visibility is blurring. Google is now placing ads directly inside AI-generated answers—not just alongside them. This means search ads can show up inside conversational summaries, while organic visibility is shaped by content structure and context, not just rankings.

What we’re doing about it:

  • Preparing your content and ads to work together, not in isolation
  • Structuring data and feeds to make your site and product info accessible to AI
  • Building content that is optimised for both search engines and AI-generated summaries
  • Testing new placements in AI Overview Ads and AI Mode ad formats


3. Structure and Signal Are the New SEO.

To surface in the new search experience—whether organically or through ad inventory—your content needs to be:

  • Structurally marked up (schema, product data, metadata)
  • Visually rich (images, video, alt-text, file formats optimised)
  • Purpose-built to help users complete actions or tasks—not just consume information

We’re already applying these updates across your sites and campaigns to ensure your content can be interpreted and elevated by AI systems like Gemini, SGE and Copilot.

Reference: Google’s SEO Guidance for AI Search (May 2025)

Why we’re prioritising these:

  • Performance Max has driven a 10%+ lift in conversions in 2024 with no manual input
  • AI Max for Search is delivering 27% more conversions at similar CPA or ROAS
  • These formats cover Search, Maps, YouTube, Discover, Gmail and more—in one campaign

We’re actively transitioning appropriate campaigns to AI-native structures to unlock more scale, visibility, and efficiency.


5. We’re Measuring Visibility by Impact, Not Just Clicks.

In a world of zero-click results, impressions and raw traffic are only part of the picture. We’re evolving how we define success across both paid and organic channels.

You’ll see us increasingly focus on:

  • Qualified enquiries and leads
  • Attributable revenue from organic + paid
  • Assisted conversions (where organic or search ads support other channel conversions)
  • Engagement with AI-served content formats

This shift ensures your budget and strategy are tied to results—not just rankings or CPC.


6. We’re Already Making These Changes for You.

This isn’t a theoretical future—it’s happening right now. And we’re already working behind the scenes to:

  • Audit your site structure and content for AI readiness
  • Optimise shopping feeds and business data for structured discovery
  • Shift campaign architecture toward PMax and AI Max where it adds value
  • Prepare for participation in new ad formats inside AI Overviews and AI Mode
  • Align SEO and SEM reporting to reflect unified search behaviour
  • Explore content licensing options where appropriate (for clients with proprietary data)

If you're working with Fluro, you're already in motion. You're already ahead of the curve.

Final Word: This Isn’t Just About Search. It’s About Strategic Visibility.

This next evolution isn’t just about Google. It’s about how people discover products, evaluate services, and decide where to invest their time and money.

At Fluro, we’re building strategies that treat search not as a channel—but as the most important signal in the digital consumer journey. And we’re building visibility strategies that work together—content, creative, structured data, paid search and analytics—so you can dominate where it counts.

Let us know if you’d like a walkthrough of what this means for your specific campaigns. We’re across it.

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