Glossary
AI Overview
An AI Overview is Google's AI-generated summary shown at the top of some search results, synthesizing information from multiple sources instead of listing links alone.
Unlike a featured snippet, which quotes one page directly, an AI Overview typically draws on and cites several sources to compose its own summary — meaning a page can influence the answer without being the single quoted source.
Because it sits above the organic results entirely, an AI Overview can reduce clicks even for a page ranking #1 beneath it — which is why tracking whether a keyword triggers one is becoming as relevant as tracking the ranking itself.
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