Google further buries search results under AI mode

<figure> <img alt="The Google logo on a white, red, blue, and green background." data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Image: Cath Virginia / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/02/STK093_GOOGLE_D.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overviews-push-ai-mode-responses-41974.html">as reported by <em>Search Engine Roundtable</em></a>. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google's results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with a "Show more" button you can click, you'll Google will show a full AI Overview at the top of your search, an "Ask anything" box under that, and <em>then</em> the list of links. It can lead to a lot of scrolling.</p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">It's unclear exactly what Google's criteria is for the auto-expanding AI Overviews. Before writing this story, I was seeing them …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/986364/google-search-ai-overviews-auto-expand">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>