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36% -- terminology adoption rate for SEO industry — 'AI Search Optimisation' term (2026-04)
In an April 2026 survey of terminology adoption across the SEO industry by Aleyda Solis, 'AI Search Optimisation' had an adoption rate of 36%.
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Aleyda Solis
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https://www.lawrencehitches.com/aeo-is-not-seo/ ↗
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We're Measuring AI Visibility Like It's 2015. That's the Problem. | Lawrence Hitches
Every agency in Australia right now is doing the same thing: taking their existing SEO service deck, replacing "rankings" with "citations", adding a slide about AI Overviews, and calling it an AEO programme.
Most of those programmes are failing. Not because AI search is impossible to influence. Beca…
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SEO industry — 'AI Search Optimisation' term: 36% terminology adoption rate. Source: Aleyda Solis (2026-04). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/seo-industry-ai-search-optimisation-adoption
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