Google expands AI Overview definitions by default
Google is now showing AI Overviews for definition queries fully expanded by default, so the answer fills the visible portion of the results page without a click on "Show more". Web results sit below the fold and require scrolling.
Glenn Gabe spotted the change and flagged it as recent, noting that saved snapshots from not long ago showed the same definition overviews collapsed or absent entirely. Google said in August that AI Overviews expand dynamically where its systems judge it useful, and that expansion stops once a user starts scrolling.
For sites that publish definitions and meanings, the shift pushes organic listings further down the page on a class of queries that used to send them traffic. Being the source an AI Overview draws on matters more when the overview is the first thing a searcher reads.
Reported by Search Engine Roundtable ↗
Topics: AI Overviews, Google Search, Citations