Overlap: quality content, technical accessibility, authority signals benefit both. Divergence: Google rewards comprehensive long-form keyword-dense content. AI models prefer clear direct answers — a 400-word FAQ page beats a 3,000-word pillar post for AI citation of a specific question. Google penalizes content written for AI systems; AI citation rewards it. Practical implication: optimize existing pages for Google, build additional structured FAQ content specifically for AI citation. Don't try to make the same page serve both goals optimally. Measure the gap at omnionlinestrategies.com/ai-discoverability-demo.