{"id":2360,"date":"2026-02-18T02:38:24","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:38:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/googles-ai-search-results-will-make-links-more-obvious\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T02:38:24","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T22:38:24","slug":"googles-ai-search-results-will-make-links-more-obvious","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.actutech.app\/en\/googles-ai-search-results-will-make-links-more-obvious\/","title":{"rendered":"Google\u2019s AI search results will make links more obvious"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"An illustration of the Google logo on a red, green, and blue background\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: The Verge\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/03\/STK093_GOOGLE_A-1.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Google says it will now display links more prominently inside its AI-powered features in Search. Robby Stein, the vice president of Google Search, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/rmstein\/status\/2023865995908313531?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">announced on Tuesday<\/a> that a list of links will now appear inside a pop-up when you hover over the sources in AI Overviews and AI Mode on desktop, alongside a description of each linked article and accompanying images. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Stein adds that Google will also show these \u00ab\u00a0more descriptive and prominent link icons\u00a0\u00bb in its AI responses on desktop and mobile. \u00ab\u00a0Our testing shows this new UI is more engaging, making it easier to get to great content across the web,\u00a0\u00bb Stein writes.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/02\/aimode-link-popup.png?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" alt=\"\" title=\"\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" data-caption=\"\" data-portal-copyright=\"Image: Google\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">While AI Overviews appear as  \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/tech\/880475\/google-ai-overviews-ai-mode-links-update\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google says it will now display links more prominently inside its AI-powered features in Search. 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