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June 12, 2024

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AI Overviews: Initial Tests and Studies

Google went public with AI Overviews in late May. I’ve been tracking queries and third-party studies since then.

AI Overviews occasionally produces incorrect answers. An account on X, Goog Enough, curates some of these errors. To its credit, Google has fixed many glitches, mainly by limiting the occurrence of Overviews and excluding user-generated content from the sources.

Here’s what we know thus far in AI Overview’s rollout.

15% of Queries

An article last week in Search Engine Land cited a study from BrightEdge, the search engine optimization firm, that found Overviews now shows for just 15% of queries. This aligns with my observations for queries I am following. Others in the industry have similar experiences.

Public AI Overviews only show for U.S.-based searchers signed in to Google accounts. Hence the visibility is likely even lower.

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