{"slug": "google-ai-overview-links-pushing-you-to-ai-mode-over-web-pages", "title": "Google AI Overview Links Pushing You To AI Mode Over Web Pages", "summary": "Google is testing anchor links inside AI Overviews that route users into AI Mode rather than to external web pages, according to SEO practitioner Gagan Ghotra, who posted a video of the behavior on X on September 21, 2026. Ghotra said the links appear at the bottom of AI Overview answers and prompt follow-up questions that open AI Mode, calling it \"Another day - Another Tactic from Google to push users from usual search results to AI Mode.\" The test matters because it keeps search traffic inside Google's AI answer surface instead of sending clicks to publisher websites.", "body_md": "Google is placing links, normal looking links, within the AI Overviews that take you into AI Mode instead of taking you to web pages and web sites. These links appear at the bottom of the AI Overview and prompt follow-up questions that take you into AI Mode.\n\nThis Google AI Overview \"feature\" was spotted by Gagan Ghotra who posted a video of this in action on [X](https://x.com/gaganghotra_/status/2101885971881247088). Gagan wrote,  in AI Overviews answers Google is now testing showing anchor links which instead of taking to a webpage takes to AI Mode.\" \"Another day - Another Tactic from Google to push users from usual search results to AI Mode,\" he added.\n\nHere is a GIF of it in action:\n\nHere is a static link where Gagan's mouse cursor points at the two links that do this:\n\nHere is his full video:\n\n🆕 in AI Overviews answers Google is now testing showing anchor links which instead of taking to a webpage takes to AI Mode.\n\nAnother day - Another Tactic! \n\nfrom Google to push users from usual search results to AI Mode [#SEO](https://x.com/hashtag/SEO?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw) [pic.twitter.com/2Vpp0V8EoR](https://t.co/2Vpp0V8EoR)\n\n[September 21, 2026](https://x.com/gaganghotra_/status/2101885971881247088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)\n\nForum discussion at [X](https://x.com/gaganghotra_/status/2101885971881247088).", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ai-overview-links-pushing-you-to-ai-mode-over-web-pages", "canonical_source": "https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-overview-links-to-ai-mode-42132.html", "published_at": "2026-09-22 11:51:00+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-09-22 12:23:50.200912+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-search", "generative-engine-optimization", "artificial-intelligence"], "entities": ["Google", "AI Overviews", "AI Mode", "Gagan Ghotra", "X"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ai-overview-links-pushing-you-to-ai-mode-over-web-pages", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ai-overview-links-pushing-you-to-ai-mode-over-web-pages.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ai-overview-links-pushing-you-to-ai-mode-over-web-pages.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/google-ai-overview-links-pushing-you-to-ai-mode-over-web-pages.jsonld"}}