Google pulled AI Overviews off the top of brand searches. Now what?
On desktop, many brand AI Overviews now sit in the right column and your site is back on top. Google's PMax docs changed the same week. Two checks to run before anyone calls it a win.
Google Is Putting More Links in AI Mode. Most Sites Won't Get Them.
On October 15, 2026 Google moved links higher in AI Mode and AI Overviews and started testing an official-sites box. Here's who wins those clicks and how to be one of them.