Google AI Mode gives outdated, contradictory answers, SEOs conclude GEO equals SEO
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-16
SEO practitioner Gagan Ghotra caught Google AI Mode giving contradictory answers about which countries Meta Muse is available in. A Grok Bot monitoring alert flagged a significant answer change, and the revised answer cited updated pages.
He and @lokiyanseo conclude that Google GEO (generative engine optimization) is effectively the same as Google SEO: AI Mode answers depend directly on web page content, so stale pages yield stale answers. Screenshots also show AI Mode over-trusting the Zentor AI domain, only giving a correct answer when explicitly asked.
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