# Getting Into Google's AI Overviews: What Google Says It Takes > How a Singapore small business gets into Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode: Google says no special markup or AI files are needed. The fundamentals that are, checked. URL: https://seo.makemoney.living/ai-search-readiness/ - Home - / AI search readiness # AI Search Readiness Google says its AI features use the same fundamentals. We make sure yours are in place. [Get a free visibility check](#request) Last updated: 2026-10-14 Google's guidance is direct: there are no additional requirements to appear in AI Overviews or AI Mode, nor other special optimisations necessary , and you do not need new machine-readable files, AI text files or special schema markup ([Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features)). [RankRight](/) does not sell tricks. It checks the fundamentals Google lists, and fixes the ones that are missing. ## Where we start We read your site the way a crawler does: is it allowed in, can it reach every important page, and is the important content there as text? ## What Google says still matters Google lists these SEO fundamentals as still worthwhile for its AI features ([Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features)): - Crawling allowed in robots.txt and by any CDN or hosting setup - Content findable through internal links - A good page experience - Important content available as text - Images and video that support the text - Structured data that matches the visible text - Business Profile information up to date ## The one that catches people out "Crawling allowed by any CDN or hosting setup." Some hosting and security services can block crawlers at network level, before your own robots.txt is ever read. A site can look perfect and still be invisible. This is the first thing we check. ## Worth knowing Google says AI Overviews only show when its systems judge them additive, and often do not trigger ([Google](https://developers.google.com/search/docs/appearance/ai-features)). In the six local trade searches we checked on mobile (DataForSEO live Google results, Singapore, mobile, 14 October 2026), none showed an AI Overview; all showed a map pack. For most local businesses today, the map and the organic results still decide who gets the call. ## What is included - ✓Crawler access check, robots.txt and hosting - ✓Internal links to every important page - ✓Content available as text - ✓Structured data matched to the page - ✓Business Profile check ## Doing it yourself, a cheap package, or RankRight Doing it yourself Cheap package RankRight Special AI files or markup Sold online Sold as extras Not needed: Google says so Crawler access checked at host level Rarely Rarely First check ## What it costs Published Singapore guides put SEO at S$500 to S$3,000 a month for most businesses, with entry plans around S$500 to S$1,500 ([Digital Marketing Agency](https://www.digitalmarketingagency.sg/blog/seo-cost-singapore)); another puts most SMEs at S$1,500 to S$3,000 ([Roots Digital](https://www.rootsdigital.com.sg/seo-pricing-in-singapore/)); a third lists basic agency packages from S$400 to S$700 a month ([OOM](https://www.oom.com.sg/seo-pricing-in-singapore-expectations-and-reality/)). RankRight quotes after the free visibility check, so you price the work against your own results, not a package. [Check a quote you have been given](/tools/seo-quote-checker/) or read [what SEO costs in Singapore](/guide/seo-cost-singapore/). ## Related guides - AI Overviews and Small Businesses: What Google Says, What We Saw ## How it works - Send your business and website. Plus the two or three services you most want customers to find, and the areas you serve. - Free visibility check. Where you show on Google today for those searches, map pack and organic, and what ranks above you. - A plan with a price. What to fix first, why, and what it costs. Nothing to pay before this. - Work, then measure. Changes made and listed, pages submitted, the same searches checked again. Fundamentals, not tricks Send your business name and main searches. We show you where you appear on Google today, free, before you decide anything. Been quoted already? Check the monthly price against three published Singapore guides, and the promises against the warning signs Google lists. [SEO quote checker](/tools/seo-quote-checker/) Request: ai search readiness We reply with a free check of where your business shows on Google for your own service and area. Request received. We will send your free visibility check to the number you gave: where you show on Google today for your own searches. Nothing to pay unless you decide to go ahead. AI search readiness: see where you stand, free, before you decide. We reply with a free check of where your business shows on Google for your own service and area. Send your business name and main searches to start. [Get a free check](/contact/#request) ## Questions people ask Do I need special SEO for AI Overviews? + Google says no: there are no additional requirements, and no special files or schema markup are needed. The same fundamentals apply. Do AI Overviews show for local searches? + Often not. In the six Singapore trade searches we checked on mobile on 14 October 2026, none showed one; all six showed a map pack. How do I see AI Overview traffic? + Google says clicks from AI Overviews and AI Mode are counted in Search Console's Performance report, under the Web search type. Is the visibility check free? + Yes. You see where you show on Google for your own searches before you pay anything, with no obligation to go ahead. ## Related services [Local SEOFound when someone searches your service and your area, on the map and below it.](/local-seo/)[Website SEO fixesThe basics Google's own starter guide describes, checked and fixed.](/seo-fixes/)