How to appear in AI overviews?

Agree on topical authority. In practice I have also seen clear, self-contained answers on pages that already rank well get pulled more often than long pillar pages. Tight entity clarity (who/what, unique facts, consistent naming) plus strong supporting links from related pages seems to matter more than chasing overview-specific tricks.

Another thing I have been testing is keeping important pages updated with fresh data instead of creating more content just to target additional keywords. For topics that change daily, regularly updated pages can give search engines and AI systems more current information to work with. Clear dates, recent statistics, and consistent information across related pages seem especially useful, such as these recent service updates in New York City.