{"id":1658,"date":"2026-01-17T06:50:50","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:50:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1658"},"modified":"2026-01-17T06:50:50","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:50:50","slug":"google-ai-overview-local-pack-leading-to-huge-drops-in-visibility","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=1658","title":{"rendered":"Google AI Overview Local Pack Leading To Huge Drops In Visibility"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.seroundtable.com\/google-map-pin-1768488408.jpg\" style=\"max-width:100%\" alt=\"Google Map Pin\" title=\"Google AI Overview Local Pack Leading To Huge Drops In Visibility\u63d2\u56fe\" \/><\/p> <p>Over the past few weeks, Google has been showing AI Overviews for local packs, leading some businesses to see huge drops in visibility for their Google Business Profile and local listings. Some businesses are seeing 50% declines or more because of the local pack change.<\/p> <p>Joy Hawkins dug deep into this in a blog post named AI is Quietly Taking Over Local SEO! No One\u2019s Ready for This and she has been sharing these findings on X for the past few weeks.<\/p> <p>Here is an example, of a side-by-side, AI Overview replacing a local pack. On the left is the default new AI Overview, on the right is an account that does not get AI Overviews and it shows the normal local pack:<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.seroundtable.com\/google-local-pack-ai-overview-takeover-1768488501.png\" style=\"max-width:100%\" alt=\"Google Local Pack Ai Overview Takeover\" title=\"Google AI Overview Local Pack Leading To Huge Drops In Visibility\u63d2\u56fe1\" \/><\/p> <p>Here is an example Joy shared on X back on December 30th:<\/p> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">I&#8217;ve been tracking AI powered local packs. This horrible feature displaces\/replaces the traditional 3-pack. In my write-up about this, I talked about how it&#8217;s lowering traffic to Google business profiles while increasing clicks to ads.<\/p> <p>I thought it going down from 3 businesses\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/4fIFhX2uJb\">pic.twitter.com\/4fIFhX2uJb<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 Joy Hawkins (@JoyanneHawkins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyanneHawkins\/status\/2006072999980523592?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 30, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <p>Joy wrote, &#8220;I&#8217;ve been tracking AI powered local packs. This horrible feature displaces\/replaces the traditional 3-pack. In my write-up about this, I talked about how it&#8217;s lowering traffic to Google business profiles while increasing clicks to ads.&#8221;<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.seroundtable.com\/google-business-profiles-metrics-drop-1768488501.png\" style=\"max-width:100%\" alt=\"Google Business Profiles Metrics Drop\" title=\"Google AI Overview Local Pack Leading To Huge Drops In Visibility\u63d2\u56fe2\" \/><\/p> <p>That screenshot is from Joy&#8217;s blog post showing how calls can significantly disappear when this happens.<\/p> <p>&#8220;According to data from Places Scout, AI Local Packs are already appearing on roughly 8% of keywords (and rising),&#8221; she wrote. <\/p> <p>Here is her video:<\/p> <p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AI is Quietly Taking Over Local SEO! No One\u2019s Ready for This\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bHsZY5RZJbs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p> <p>Yep, so AI Overviews are now killing local SEO in a big way&#8230;<\/p> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Oh damn, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoyanneHawkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JoyanneHawkins<\/a> is right. AI Local packs are showing up more and more. I just saw one -&gt; AI is Quietly Taking Over Local SEO! No One\u2019s Ready for This<\/p> <p>Here&#8217;s the problem:<br \/>*Fewer Spots: They often show only 1 or 2 businesses instead of the usual 3.<br \/>*No Call Buttons: Many\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/NHWzL0pAJO\">pic.twitter.com\/NHWzL0pAJO<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 Glenn Gabe (@glenngabe) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/glenngabe\/status\/2011793484307378475?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <p>Forum discussion at X.<\/p> <\/p><\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>#Google #Overview #Local #Pack #Leading #Huge #Drops #Visibility1768603850<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Over the past few weeks, Google has been showing AI Overviews for local packs, leading some businesses to see huge drops in visibility for their Google Business Profile and local listings. Some businesses are seeing 50% declines or more because of the local pack change. 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