Course correction: Google to link more sources in AI Overviews

Hovering over links in AI answers will soon show preview pop-ups. Credit: Google Hovering over links in AI answers will soon show preview pop-ups. Credit: Google While most of the newly announced AI features will roll out soon, Google is still seeking partners to support one of them. Google is seeking publishers that are interested in testing a new form of subscription integration. The company says your favorite websites should appear more prominently in AI search, so it’s trying to make that happen in AI Overviews and AI Mode. This feature will use an API to link a reader’s subscription on a website with their Google account. Google says that early testing showed users were much more likely to click through when their subscribed websites appeared as links in AI answers. Interested publishers are invited to fill out a form to get more information. Live by the web, die by the web Google does not accept the conventional wisdom that AI search is reducing website traffic. However, various analyses have suggested that the chatbot is stopping users from leaving Google’s platform . That might be fine for Google right now, but Gemini only works as a search product if it has a vast sea of online data to summarize. As websites increasingly feel the squeeze of lower traffic (and advertising revenue), there may be less of that content available. …