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Google's 15 May policy update names recommendation poisoning as spam — closing one route into AI Overviews.
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Bing's May 2026 algorithm refresh weights schema-page alignment heavily — and ChatGPT Search and Copilot read restaurants through that trust score.
Google ended FAQ rich results on 7 May, but the structured data underneath still feeds the assistants reading the page.
Uberall's 2026 benchmark puts numbers on AI restaurant search: ChatGPT, Perplexity and Gemini each draw a star-rating line below which most quick-service locations disappear.
American Express plugged Resy into Claude on 23 April — every other US restaurant booking platform stays off this discovery surface.
Google activated agentic restaurant booking in AI Mode for UK users on 10 April, connecting to eight booking platforms and completing reservations without touching the restaurant's site.
OpenAI added GPS location sharing to ChatGPT on 26 March — and how it answers "restaurants near me" depends almost entirely on your menu data.
Menu markup is the difference between turning up in voice search and AI recommendations, or not turning up at all.
