Friday, October 2, 2026

Reporting and field guides on AI search, AEO, and GEO

Section

Google

Google AI Mode, AI Overviews, Search Console, and every change to the world's largest answer engine, explained for site owners.

  1. Google

    Google Is Moving Searchers Into AI Mode. Publishers Are Paying for the Trip.

    An AI Mode button on the homepage, an "Ask anything" box under AI Overviews, and a billion monthly users. What the shift means for anyone who depends on clicks from Google.

  2. Google

    Some Links in AI Overviews Now Open AI Mode, Not Your Website

    A chart from Peec AI shows external links inside AI Overview answers jumping in September. A screen recording shows other links sending users deeper into Google. Here is what is known, and how Search Console counts each one.