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Google expands AI search summaries to push traditional links lower
Automated expansions of AI Overviews on select search queries require users to scroll further to reach standard web links.
The short version
- Google has started automatically expanding full AI-generated search summaries for select user queries.
- The updated interface places a complete AI Overview and an interactive query box above standard web links, increasing required scrolling.
- It remains unknown what specific criteria Google is using to trigger the automatically expanded summaries.
Key facts
- Google has begun automatically expanding AI search summaries at the top of results pages for certain queries.[The Verge]
- The updated layout places a complete AI Overview and an 'Ask anything' box above traditional search links.[The Verge]
- Previously, Google displayed partial AI Overviews that users had to manually expand by clicking a 'Show more' button.[The Verge]
What remains uncertain
- The exact criteria and triggers Google uses to decide which searches display the automatically expanded AI Overviews are not known.[The Verge]