AI Overview Placement Timeline
A running, dated count of every screenshot- or query-log-verified AI-system placement documented across Avenity Business Solutions’ case studies — Google AI Overview, Google AI Mode, ChatGPT, Google Gemini, Perplexity AI, and Grok. This excludes plain organic Google rankings (not AI-generated) and excludes “same cluster” phrases that are listed as candidates but have not actually been tested.
Total as of September 4, 2026: 24 confirmed placements
This is a living document. New confirmed placements get added with their date; existing entries are never backdated or reworded after the fact — if a result changes (holds, expands, or drops), that’s a new dated entry, not an edit to the old one.
Running total by month
| Month |
New placements |
Running total |
| March 2026 |
3 |
3 |
| April 2026 |
13 |
16 |
| May 2026 |
1 |
17 |
| June 2026 |
4 |
21 |
| August 2026 |
2 |
23 |
| September 2026 |
1 |
24 |
How dates are sourced
Where a case study states an exact capture date or timestamp (e.g., “captured August 24, 2026” or “12:22 PM CDT”), that date is used directly. Where a case study only states a season or a publish month (“spring 2026,” “published June 2026”), the entry is bucketed to that month and marked approximate. Screenshot images embedded in the existing case studies are cropped to the browser window only — none currently include a visible system-clock timestamp in the corner, so date provenance here comes from the captions/labels already written into each case study, not from reading pixel timestamps off the images themselves.
March 2026
ADORA Private Security — Conroe, TX
- Google AI Overview · “VIP security in conroe texas” · named alongside Ranger Guard and MP Security — 45-day baseline, published March 2026
- Google AI Overview · “construction security guards in conroe texas” · AI Overview citation — 45-day baseline, published March 2026
Dewberry Farm — Brookshire, TX
- Google AI Overview · “pumpkin patch Brookshire TX” · Dewberry named — audit dated March 2026
Running total through March: 3
April 2026 (approximate — bucketed to stated month)
ADORA Private Security — Conroe, TX (screenshots taken late April 2026 for the 90-day audit)
- Google AI Overview · “private security companies in conroe texas” · named first with phone number
- ChatGPT · “private security company in conroe texas” · listed first
- ChatGPT · “construction security in conroe texas” · listed first
- ChatGPT · “security guard company in conroe texas” · listed first
- Google Gemini · “private security company in conroe texas” · listed first with full entity data
- Google Gemini · “private security companies in conroe texas” · listed first with address, phone, license
- Perplexity AI · “security guards in conroe texas” · cited by domain reference
Easley Enterprises of TX — Montgomery County, TX (case study published April 2026, results run “spring 2026”)
- Google AI Overview · “looking for janitorial company in montgomery county” · named first + top knowledge-panel result
- ChatGPT · “looking for Commercial Janitorial & Property Maintenance Provider in Montgomery County” · listed first
- Grok · “need a janitorial company in montgomery county texas” · first row in “Top Recommended Options”
The Perfect Round — Conroe / North Houston, TX (engagement began April 1, 2026; case study does not state a separate capture date)
- AI-driven placement · “corporate event venue in Conroe”
- AI-driven placement · “indoor golf / golf simulator in Conroe”
- AI-driven placement · “indoor golf bar”
Running total through April: 16
May 2026
Battlefield Trailer Solutions — Conroe / Montgomery County, TX
- Google AI Mode · 6x10 utility trailer rental / Conroe-area intent · named as top local choice — documented May 25, 2026
Running total through May: 17
June 2026 (approximate — bucketed to stated month)
Simply Better Roofing — Franklin / Robertson County, TX (case study published June 2026, results run “spring 2026”)
- Google AI Mode · “need a roofer in Franklin TX” · surfaced in local results panel
- Google AI Mode · unnamed second query · held position among Franklin results
- Google Gemini · “best roofing company in Franklin TX” · named #1, “Best Truly Local Option”
- Google Gemini · “roofing company in Franklin TX” · listed first with contact details
Running total through June: 21
August 2026
Radiate Coalition — Honduras aftercare program
- ChatGPT · “charities helping abused and trafficked girls in Honduras” · named first of five — captured August 24, 2026
- ChatGPT · “long term aftercare for human trafficking survivors” · surfaces, no geography qualifier — captured August 24, 2026
Running total through August: 23
September 2026
Dewberry Farm — Brookshire, TX
- ChatGPT · “pumpkin patch near houston” · Dewberry named first, “best overall” pick — captured September 4, 2026
Running total through September 4, 2026: 24
Known gaps in the record (not counted above)
- High Ticket AI Systems — a first AI Overview placement is referenced as having occurred roughly three months before the September 2, 2026 retest (i.e., around June 2026), but no screenshot or exact query for that original placement exists anywhere in this repository. It is not included in the count above. The September 2, 2026 retest itself found 0 of 2 category searches surfacing HTS.
avenity-competitive-elimination-record.html states that all five clients named in that document (including Dewberry Farm) have “screenshots showing AI Overview inclusion.” Dewberry Farm’s own audit shows 1 confirmed placement out of 8 tested queries as of March 2026 (now 2, with the September ChatGPT result above) — that record overstates Dewberry as a uniform win and should be corrected or caveated.- Radiate Coalition and High Ticket AI Systems each list additional “same cluster” phrase variants on their case study pages that have not been tested yet. Confirming any of those would add to this timeline.
Methodology note
A placement counts here only when a specific query phrase and a specific AI platform are both named, backed by either a screenshot or a directly quoted AI response, in a published case study or a message from Avenity leadership documenting a live test. Plain Google organic rankings, Knowledge Panels, and untested “same cluster” phrases are tracked separately and are not included in the total.