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AI search shifts brand discovery from visibility to reputation

Technology Services › Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services › Advertising Agencies
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AI-driven search engines now synthesize third-party opinions—reviews, Reddit threads, and editorial coverage—to answer consumer queries in a single step, collapsing brand exploration and evaluation into the moment of discovery. For commerce teams, this means earned media and community trust now outweigh traditional SEO; 84% of AI citations come from earned media, not brand websites.