Official: Google AI Overviews Link To More Search Results – Search Engine Roundtable
A month ago, we reported that Google was testing linking words in the AI Overviews back to its own search results. We felt this set a horrible message but hey, Google did not, instead, Google made it an official feature of AI Overviews because it helps “people more easily explore topics and discover relevant websites,” the company told me.
A Google spokesperson sent me the following statement yesterday afternoon:
“To help people more easily explore topics and discover relevant websites, we’ve added links to some terms within AI Overviews when our systems determine it might be useful. Similar to our long-standing “People also search for” feature, our testing shows that people find this helpful. AI Overviews continue to have prominent links out to the web, which we’re also expanding.”
So Google says (1) this is helpful to searchers and (2) it has been a long standing feature in the people also search for search feature and (3) its testing showed people find it helpful. Google also…
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