Google AI Overviews appear in Google Search results for a growing share of queries, and if your content isn’t structured to earn a citation, you’re losing visibility to competitors who’ve already adapted. Unfortunately, the challenge isn’t awareness. Most SEO leaders know AI Overviews exist. The challenge is execution: translating Google’s deliberately vague guidance into repeatable content workflows, measuring whether your AI website optimizations are actually earning citations, and proving business impact when traditional metrics like rank position and CTR no longer tell the full story. This playbook closes that gap.