https://gingeronion.com/articlesPlain English on websites, SEO, GEO (AI search), marketing and social, from a digital agency in Teesside.en-gbhttps://gingeronion.com/articles/google-ai-overviews-small-businesshttps://gingeronion.com/articles/google-ai-overviews-small-businessThu, 29 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000That AI summary at the top of Google is now part of the furniture. Here is what it means for a small business: the clicks, the new Search Console report, the opt out switch, and what to do when it gets you wrong.AI searchhttps://gingeronion.com/articles/can-ai-assistants-see-your-websitehttps://gingeronion.com/articles/can-ai-assistants-see-your-websiteThu, 22 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Before an AI assistant can recommend you, it has to be able to get in and read the page. Plenty of perfectly good websites quietly fail one of those, and the checks take about twenty minutes.GEOhttps://gingeronion.com/articles/how-to-get-your-business-on-google-mapshttps://gingeronion.com/articles/how-to-get-your-business-on-google-mapsThu, 15 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Getting onto Google Maps costs nothing and takes an afternoon. Showing up when someone nearby searches for what you do takes a bit more, and Google is fairly open about what.SEOhttps://gingeronion.com/articles/what-is-geohttps://gingeronion.com/articles/what-is-geoFri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000When people ask an AI assistant who to hire, it names a handful of businesses. This is how it picks them, and what you can sensibly do about it.AI searchhttps://gingeronion.com/articles/is-seo-still-worth-ithttps://gingeronion.com/articles/is-seo-still-worth-itFri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000Short answer: yes. Google's AI answers are built on its search index, so the pages that rank are the pages it quotes. What has changed is how you measure a win.SEOhttps://gingeronion.com/articles/do-you-need-llms-txthttps://gingeronion.com/articles/do-you-need-llms-txtFri, 09 Oct 2026 09:00:00 +0000An llms.txt file is a tidy summary of your website for AI tools. It is harmless, it is optional, and it will not get you recommended on its own.GEO