02 · How Discovery Is Changing
AI-Mediated Discovery
The larger shift Aingworth is talking about, covering Google AI Overviews, AI Mode, ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, and whatever comes after them, without depending on any one platform's name.
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Begin with these foundational concepts:
All AI-Mediated Discovery terms (12)
AI-Mediated Discovery
Discovery that happens through AI systems interpreting information on a person's behalf.
Aingworth ConceptAI Search
Search experiences that generate an answer rather than a list of links.
Industry TermAI Visibility
How often and where a brand appears in AI-generated answers.
Industry TermAI Recommendation
When an AI system puts a brand forward as an option worth considering.
Aingworth ConceptAI Referral
When an AI answer points someone onward to a brand's site or resource.
Aingworth ConceptAnswer Engine
A system built to return a direct answer rather than a ranked list.
Industry TermConversational Search
Search as a back-and-forth, where later questions build on earlier ones.
Industry TermZero-Click Search
When the answer is delivered without the user visiting the source.
Industry TermAgentic Discovery
AI agents that evaluate and act on options on a person's behalf.
EmergingAnswer Eligibility
Whether a source is even in the running to be used in an answer.
Industry TermAI Overviews
Google's AI-generated summaries above traditional search results.
Industry TermAI Mode
Google's conversational search experience, built on query fan-out.
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