B
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60%
60% -- share of sites with core content discarded by ai engines for local business sites using page builders (2026)
In a test of 500 local business sites using popular page builders, over 60% of the core content was pushed so far down the DOM tree that AI engines discarded it.
- Reported as 'over 60%'
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Value
60%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2026
Entity
Sample Size
500
Geography
US
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
lovedby.ai
Primary
Tier B
https://www.lovedby.ai/blog/show-up-ai-search ↗
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How to Show Up in AI Search
The era of ten blue links is ending. People are asking complex questions, and Answer Engines like Perplexity, ChatGPT, and Google's AI Overviews are synthesizing responses on the spot. This is not a threat to your website traffic - it is the biggest visibility opportunity in a decade. If your conten…
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lovedby.ai
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Methodology
Vendor test of 500 local business sites running popular page builders; value reported as 'over 60%'
Methodology documented
Segmentation
IndustryRetail
Company SizeSMB
RegionUS
Channelmulti-channel
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local business sites using page builders: 60% share of sites with core content discarded by ai engines. Source: lovedby.ai (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/local-business-sites-content-discarded-2026
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/local-business-sites-content-discarded-2026" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>60%</strong> -- share of sites with core content discarded by ai engines for local business sites using page builders<br><small>Source: lovedby.ai (2026) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/local-business-sites-content-discarded-2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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