Search is changing, but that does not make your website less important. If anything, it makes the site more important, because it is one of the few places where your thinking can live in full, on your terms, without being flattened into a summary or borrowed by a platform.
When buyers discover you through AI answers, dark social, referrals, or a half-remembered mention, they still need a place to verify what you are about. That place is usually your site. Not just your homepage. Your body of thought.
What this means in practice
It means writing things that deserve to exist on your own domain. Not filler posts. Not keyword furniture. Actual work that helps someone understand how you think, what you believe, and why your company matters in the category.