Google AI overviews give cited pages their own list

How Google brings AI overview for six new countriesis also changing the way generated summaries display citations. Instead of placing relevant web pages directly in the AI-generated summary, Google is adding a new display to the right of the answer that shows the most prominently cited web pages.

This new format is rolling out today and will also appear on mobile when you select the website icons that appear in the top right corner of the AI ​​Overview. “We’re using the space on the right side to prominently display links to the AI ​​overview so people can navigate to the content they’re interested in,” said Hema Budaraju, senior director of search product management at Google. The edge. Google will continue to display regular search results below the AI ​​Overview.

Google is also experimenting with attaching links to the text of AI overviews. You can click the link text to navigate to relevant sites, as well as browse the web pages that Google will display on the new right-hand screen. So far, Google says early tests have shown “positive” results that have helped drive “greater traffic to publisher sites.”

Other features Google is bringing to AI overviews in Search Lab include the ability to save an AI overview, allowing you to revisit the summary when performing the same search. Google will also store saved AI overviews on your Interests page.

Additionally, Google is adding a button that will allow you to simplify some AI overviews, which previewed earlier this year. Both features are available in the “AI Overviews and More” experiment in Search Labs for US English queries.

When asked what Google is doing to help prevent these types of responses from appearing in other countries and languages, Budaraju says the company has “rigorous evaluation processes and extensive adversarial testing in all markets,” adding that “quality and security are built into the design” of AI overviews.

“I don’t know if there is a single way to search and answer all the questions people have on a large scale in the world, but we are committed to actively learning and listening,” says Budaraju.