Google is making inline links more prominent in AI responses

Google is updating its AI search results to make inline links appear "higher up in responses more frequently," according to a blog post . The company's search results from AI Overviews and AI Mode give you answers in a customized view instead of the traditional list of links, but there are concerns that the format reduces traffic to publishers . Google says it's been making "continued and substantial increases to the presence of inline links in our AI experiences," and this new change will help