When you work on AI visibility, it helps to separate ChatGPT, Gemini and Google Search features. Each gives you a different place to look: technical access, the answers models give and the information a buyer can find on your page.
What Google actually requires
According to Google's documentation for AI features in Search, a page can be eligible as a supporting link in AI Overviews or AI Mode when it is indexed and eligible to appear in Google Search with a snippet. Google lists no extra technical requirements or special optimization needed only for these features.
Start with the usual checks: crawler access, indexing, important information available as text and links that make the page findable. These steps follow Google's published guidance and give you a useful foundation before you improve the page's answer to a buyer's question.
Technical access and a useful answer are different questions
A page can be technically accessible and still do little for someone choosing software. Imagine a buyer asking about CRM integration. “Connects seamlessly with your tools” does not say which systems are supported, how syncing works or which plan includes the feature. This is an illustration, not a finding about a real company.
Before editing, confirm the facts with your product team. Then state the scope, conditions and limits in plain language. An author name, update date, technical documentation or firsthand example can help a reader judge the claim. Google recommends clear authorship, sourcing and people-first content. E-E-A-T is a way to think about trust here, not a separate score that a tool can simply increase.
Where TextRank helps
TextRank starts with a prompt that matters to a buyer's decision. It shows answers from selected ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok models and the sources they surface. It then compares available source material with passages on your page and suggests an edit to examine. The audit method explains how to read that finding.
For Google AI Overviews and AI Mode, use Google's guidance to review technical eligibility. For the content itself, use TextRank to see how a selected model answers a buyer's question, which sources it surfaces and where your page could explain the answer more clearly. This gives you a specific passage to improve and a reason for the edit.
What to do first
If your concern is eligibility for Google's AI features, check your page against Google's technical guidance. If Sales keeps answering a question your site leaves open, choose one prompt and URL. Compare a supported model's answer, its sources and your own passage. Use that comparison to give a writer a clear task and ask a product expert to confirm the facts.
Frequently asked questions
What makes a page eligible for Google AI Overviews and AI Mode?
Start with Google's usual Search requirements: the page should be indexed and eligible to appear with a snippet. Make its important information accessible as text and easy for readers to understand.