Free whitepaper · AI search in APAC
When customers ask AI, is your brand in the answer?
AI search now names three to five brands and the customer decides inside the answer. Our new whitepaper shows how consumers in six APAC markets search with AI, and the 90-day plan to make your brand the one it recommends.
- Market data from 6 countries: the Philippines, Malaysia, Thailand, South Korea, Japan and Indonesia
- How AI builds its shortlist, stage by stage, and which sources it reads at each step
- A 90-day AI search playbook: measure, fix the facts, then grow your share of AI answers
AI Search Behaviour Across APAC8-page PDF by DigiFuture · October 2026
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of Filipino internet users used ChatGPT last month, 6th in the world
Digital 2026, Meltwater & We Are Socialof APAC travellers use AI tools to plan or during their trips
Booking.com Travel Trends 2026of searches now end without a click to any website
Bain & Companyof APAC travellers fully trust AI, so verified facts win
Booking.com Global AI Sentiment ReportMalaysia (48.4%) and the Philippines (42.4%) both rank in the global top six for monthly ChatGPT use, against a 26.5% global average.
The shift
Search used to return ten links. Now it returns one answer.
Customers ask a full question, get a written recommendation and often act on it without visiting a website. A brand AI doesn't mention is off the shortlist before the customer ever reaches it.
| Classic search | AI search | |
|---|---|---|
| What people type | Keywords: hotel Makati | Clean, affordable hotel near Makati with parking for a family of four? |
| What they get | A ranked list of links | A short answer naming 3–5 brands |
| Where they decide | On the brand's website | Inside the answer itself |
| What wins | Rankings and backlinks | Accurate facts, reviews and citations AI trusts |
What's inside
Eight pages, built for marketing leaders who need to act this quarter
Five things every APAC marketer must know
The executive summary: adoption, zero-click search, Google's AI Overviews and the trust gap.
From search engines to answer engines
How search behaviour has changed, with the numbers that prove it is already measurable.
APAC by the numbers
Why Southeast Asia is among the world's heaviest AI users, and what that means for your category.
Market spotlights and snapshots
The Philippines in depth, plus language, platform and maturity differences in five more markets.
How AI picks the shortlist
The discover, compare, decide journey, and why your Google Business Profile is AI's source of truth for "near me".
The 90-day playbook
A practical plan from invisible to measurable, with a baseline report at day 30 and a results review at day 90.
The playbook
From invisible to measurable in 90 days
Measure how AI describes your brand, fix the facts it relies on, then close the gaps where competitors are recommended instead.
1. Measure
- Track 25 priority prompts
- Benchmark 3 to 5 competitors
- Map the sources AI cites
- Audit every Google profile
2. Fix the facts
- Complete and verify every GBP
- Same facts on every listing
- Reply to every review
- FAQ and schema on your website
3. Grow
- Fill the top content gaps
- Get cited on trusted sites
- Local-language content
- Re-measure against baseline
About DigiFuture
We help multi-location brands across Asia Pacific be found, chosen and booked.
DigiFuture is a Bangkok-based MarTech strategy and managed services consultancy. We combine local market knowledge with leading technology partners to manage every location's presence in Google and AI search.
Local SEO
Every location shows up when customers search nearby, in Google Search and on Google Maps.
Google Business Profile management
Complete, verified profiles with the same facts on every listing, regular posts and replies to every review.
AI search visibility
We track how ChatGPT, Gemini and Google's AI Overviews describe your brand, then close the gaps where competitors are recommended instead.
- Headquarters
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Coverage
- Thailand and Asia Pacific
- Listings managed
- 20,000+through our technology partners
- Our approach
- Measure · Fix · Grow
Be the brand AI recommends
Your customers are already asking AI. Find out what it tells them.
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