AI Overviews
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Google Updates
Google moves brand AI Overviews to the right column
Google appears to have moved AI Overviews for many brand queries into the desktop right column, where knowledge panels sat. Google has not announced it, and no click data exists yet on the effect.
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Google Updates
Google gives no date for AI clicks in Search Console report
Gary Illyes said Google has nothing to announce about adding click and query data to the Search Console AI report. For now it shows impressions only, though a UK CMA deadline of Dec. 3 may force change.
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Google Updates
French publishers take Google AI Overviews complaint to the EU
Five French publisher and marketing groups complained to the European Commission about Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode in France, feeding an existing antitrust probe. No data or remedy was published, but the case signals rising regulatory pressure.
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Google Updates
Google may be removing the citations card from AI Overviews
SEO Brodie Clark reports that Google is showing far fewer citation cards in desktop AI Overviews, but Google has not confirmed a test or bug. If your impressions dropped recently, add this to your list of possible causes.
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AI Search & GEO
AI Overviews Now Appear on Over 80% of Google Searches
Data from Semrush, SE Ranking and seoClarity suggests AI Overviews now show on over 80% of Google searches, including 82.5% of US brand searches per SE Ranking. Figures vary by tool and method, so measure your own queries.
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AI Search & GEO
Semrush: AI Overviews now show on 88% of commercial keywords
A Semrush study of 400 US commercial keywords found Google AI Overviews on 88% of them in August 2026, up from 45.75% a year earlier. Comparison, review and pricing searches are now mostly answered by a summary before any organic result.
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SEO
Chartbeat: search now drives 12% of North American publisher pageviews
Chartbeat's Q3 2026 report shows search engines delivered 12% of North American publisher pageviews, down from 21% a year earlier, with search share falling in nine of ten regions while overall network traffic stayed steady.
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AI Search & GEO
Google moves links higher in AI Mode and AI Overviews answers
On October 15, 2026, Google announced five changes to how AI Mode and AI Overviews show links, from higher inline links to a test of a top section for official sites. It also said Preferred Sources users grew more than 7x this year, but shared no baseline and no click data.
