Last Updated: 20 May 2026

Winning in the Age of AI Search: Introducing Propeller’s New AI Solutions

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Winning in the Age of AI Search: Introducing Propeller’s New AI Solutions
Mark LillicrappWritten ByMark Lillicrapp

As Propeller's Technical Director, Mark is responsible for developing digital policy and strategy, implementing infrastructure and leveraging technology to help Propeller and its amazing clients achieve their goals.

Search Isn’t What It Used to Be

The way customers find your brand has fundamentally changed. We’ve moved beyond the era of blue links on Google.

Today, discovery happens through AI-powered summaries and direct answers, not traditional search results. People are turning to Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, Bing Copilot, Perplexity, and other AI assistants to get what they need instantly.

Here’s the truth: if your brand isn’t the source these AI models rely on, you’re slowly becoming invisible.

Why This Matters Now

This shift is already happening and fast. The commercial upside for brands who act early is huge.

  • High value traffic: Visitors from AI platforms convert up to 23% higher than traditional organic traffic.
  • Rapid adoption: 26% of consumers are already using AI to discover brands, that’s nearly level with Google Maps (27%) and closing in on social media (32%).
  • Mass disruption ahead: Gartner predicts by 2026, traditional search traffic will drop by 25% as users move to AI chatbots.
  • Behaviour change: Whether they’re booking holidays, researching purchases, or choosing where to eat, people are now asking AI before they search.

This is no longer about being seen on Google,  it’s about being trusted by AI.

The Risk of Inaction

If your brand isn’t optimised for AI discovery, someone else’s will be.

The brands who adapt first will become the default answers, the ones AI cites, recommends, and embeds into every user journey. Competitors who claim that space will build a data moat of authority that’s extremely difficult to unseat.

This is the new visibility race and it’s already begun.

How Propeller Helps You Win

Propeller’s AI Search Solutions help brands build visibility and trust in the new discovery ecosystem.

Our four pillar approach brings together marketing, data, and technical precision to ensure your brand becomes the definitive source AI engines rely on.

1. Generative Engine Optimisation (GEO)

We go beyond SEO to make your brand the answer. We structure and refine content to mirror how AI interprets conversational intent, helping you appear in AI summaries, not just search results.

2. Entity Optimisation

We strengthen your brand’s digital identity so machines can understand and trust it. That means aligning with trusted sources like Google’s Knowledge Graph and Wikidata, and ensuring total consistency across your ecosystem.

3. Technical SEO for AI

AI can’t recommend what it can’t validate. We build a robust technical foundation that makes your site fast, structured, and crawlable ensuring AI systems can easily verify and cite your content.

4. Measurement That Matters

We track what really drives impact:

  • Your share of voice in AI answers
  • How your brand is portrayed and cited
  • How those interactions connect directly to leads, conversions, and revenue

Because in the AI era, rankings don’t equal relevance, authority does.

The Propeller AI Playbook

Every engagement begins with an AI Landscape Audit & Strategy, mapping how your brand appears across Google, ChatGPT, and major LLMs, benchmarking competitors, and building a prioritised roadmap for action.

Then we implement:

  • Schema and structured data updates
  • Conversational content optimisation for AI and zero-click results
  • Wikidata and llms.txt integrations
  • Ongoing tracking of visibility, citations, and sentiment
  • GA4 integration to tie performance to outcomes

Our initial six month programme establishes your AI search foundation, followed by a tailored retainer to evolve your strategy as AI platforms shift.

Don’t Get Left Behind

AI is rewriting how people search, shop, and make decisions, across every industry. The brands that act now will own the next wave of discoverability.

Don’t wait to be replaced by an algorithmic answer that isn’t yours.

Book an AI Landscape Audit today and make sure your brand is the one AI recommends not the one it forgets.

 

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