The shift happening in your industry
These numbers explain why GEO SEO matters for your sector right now.
of online shoppers say they've used an AI assistant to research a product purchase decision
Source: Salesforce State of the Connected Customer, 2025
more likely to convert when a brand is recommended by an AI assistant vs. found via a traditional search ad
Source: McKinsey AI Consumer Behaviour Report, 2025
increase in AI search visibility achieved by VedaCart after implementing GEO SEO Lab's recommendations
Source: GEO SEO Lab client data, VedaCart, 2025
What’s changing for you
The specific consequences of the AI search shift for this industry — not generic GEO copy.
Product discovery is moving from keyword search to conversational AI — shoppers describe what they need in natural language and expect a direct recommendation, not a list of links to compare.
Google's AI Overviews now appear above organic results for most product-category queries, meaning page-one rankings no longer guarantee visibility — you need to be in the AI summary itself.
Brands without structured product data (schema markup, answer-ready descriptions, consistent entity mentions across the web) are being filtered out of AI-generated shortlists — even when they have the best product.
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How GEO SEO Lab helps
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AI search visibility in 60 days
VedaCart — GEO SEO Lab client data
“GEO SEO Lab showed us exactly which product pages were invisible to AI engines and why. Within 60 days of implementing the fixes, our AI search visibility had grown 214%. We're now regularly cited in ChatGPT shopping answers for our core category.”
Priya Menon
Head of Digital, VedaCart
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