Google's AI Overviews Now Include Top Stories: Opt-Out Risks Visibility
Search Engine JournalJul 29·1 min readSEO & Search
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Google is integrating Top Stories carousels directly into its AI Overviews, making its new AI opt-out setting in Search Console more critical. Sites that choose not to participate in AI Overviews may lose a prominent spot within these new integrated results.
⚡ Marketer Insight
By embedding Top Stories within AI Overviews, Google is directly linking visibility in these new AI-generated results to participation. Sites opting out of AI Overviews risk losing a prime placement that could otherwise drive significant traffic.
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