Is SEO dead?

SEO isn’t dead. Google says the same SEO best practices apply to AI Overviews and AI Mode, with no special optimizations needed. On October 11, 2026, the #1 result for this search was a Reddit thread. This page is a live test of whether SEO still works.

Sources: Google Search Central; Google US results, October 11, 2026.

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