AI Overviews
AI Overviews are the AI-generated responses Google places above organic results on a growing share of queries. They compile several sources, cited by links displayed alongside the response.
In practice
Their effect is twofold: clicks drop on purely informational queries, but being cited in an Overview secures above-the-fold visibility. Pages selected share measurable traits: a direct answer at the top of each section, clear dating, and an identifiable entity. Optimizing for an Overview means optimizing for extractability.