AI Search Statistics UK 2026

of UK SME websites are sending confusing signals to AI search platforms

have unclear H1 headings

have no organisation schema

are blocking at least one major AI crawler

describe their business differently across title, H1 and meta description

have homepage alt text issues

have no copyright year in their footer

have FAQ content but no FAQ schema

have no sameAs social links in structured data

have all three trust pages (privacy, terms, cookies)

have severe title tag and H1 misalignment

of review claims are unverifiable

have an llms.txt file

have Person schema