Google AI Overview Links Pushing You To AI Mode Over Web Pages

Google is placing links, normal looking links, inside the AI Overviews that obtain you into AI Mode alternatively of taking you to web pages and web sites. These links appear at the base of the AI Overview and immediate follow-up questions that obtain you into AI Mode.

This Google AI Overview "feature" was spotted by Gagan Ghotra who posted a video of this in act on X. Gagan wrote, in AI Overviews answers Google is now evaluation showing anchor links which alternatively of taking to a webpage takes to AI Mode." "Another day - Another Tactic from Google to shove users from customary hunt results to AI Mode," he added.

Here is a GIF of it in action:

Here is a fixed nexus anywhere Gagan's mouse cursor points at the two links that do this:

Here is his complete video:

🆕 in AI Overviews answers Google is now evaluation showing anchor links which alternatively of taking to a webpage takes to AI Mode.

Another day - Another Tactic!
from Google to shove users from customary hunt results to AI Mode #SEO pic.twitter.com/2Vpp0V8EoR

— Gagan Ghotra (@gaganghotra_) September 21, 2026

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