Is Your Brand Ready for AI Search Prime Time? Get Your Free AI Search Visibility Score to Find Out.

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By Kelly Indrieri  |   Posted on October 20, 2025

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Imagine your brand fighting for the spotlight, only for AI search engines to cut the power. AI-generated answers are now influencing how buyers discover, compare, and choose brands. 

If AI search engines and chatbots like ChatGPT, Perplexity AI, and Google AI Overviews can’t “see” you, neither can buyers. Welcome to the age where not being AI-visible is like dropping a mixtape nobody streams—lost in the shuffle when it matters most.

That’s why we built the free Offleash AI Visibility Score and Audit to spotlight the gap and give you a plan.

The Reality: AI Search Is the New Gatekeeper

AI-generated answers now shape how decision-makers learn, compare, and trust brands—and the numbers back this up. On traditional search engines, the zero-click trend is accelerating with Bain & Company research showing that about 60% of searches now end without the user progressing to another destination site. 

Meanwhile, according to Ominus’ September 2025 “AI Search Industry Report 2025: Key Trends & Market Insights” report, chatbots like ChatGPT are logging over a billion weekly searches and are on pace to outgrow some traditional engines by the end of the decade.

The real kicker? The report also found that click-through rates have dropped by more than 34% when AI summaries appear. If your message isn’t present and machine-readable, it’s invisible.

Why Most Brands Are Still Flying Blind

Many communications and marketing leaders spent years winning at SEO, but AI search isn’t just a new playground; it’s an entirely new sport:

  • AI search engines and chatbots reference broader sources, including LinkedIn, Substack, Reddit, and YouTube.
  • AI “legibility” trumps old-school ranking. If your content isn’t ready for machine summarization, it won’t show up (or worse, is misquoted).
  • Over 58% of informational queries now trigger an AI overview as the main result and organic web traffic is falling fast, dropping 15-25% for brands that aren’t cited or quoted in AI results, as cited in SEO.com’s September 2025 “AI SEO Statistics in 2025: AI SEO Trends and Insights” report.

Actionable Insight: Don’t Just Track, Adapt

Our free AI Visibility Score and Audit isn’t a vanity metric. It’s the survival gear for anyone hoping to thrive in the new search wild west.

  • Clarify your brand’s “AI surface area” to find out how credible, quotable, and machine-friendly your brand assets are across the public web.
  • Outmaneuver competitors by building influence where AI crawlers actually look, not just where legacy SEO said you should.

Want to Know Your AI Visibility Score?

If buyers and bots can’t find (or trust) your brand in AI-generated answers, it’s game over. We do the heavy lifting. You get clarity on where you rank and what to do next.

The landscape’s changed. Don’t be the next hit that gets lost in AI’s streaming shuffle.

Get your free Offleash AI Visibility Score and Audit here.