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Google is making inline links more prominent in AI responses
Will they mean more people click through?
theverge.com
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https://theverge.com/tech/1012206/google-ai-mode-overview-inline-links
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Source 1: theverge.com
Google is making inline links more prominent in AI responses
Will they mean more people click through?
Marked as found on the page, exactly, October 16, 2026 at 11:01 PM EDT. The check history below is the evidence.
Check history
A run of checks that came out the same way is one line, with every check in it folded underneath. Any check that came out differently is its own line.
| When | Check | Result | Status | Detail |
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| October 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM EDT to October 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM EDT | Link resolves | Passed | 200 | 2 checks over about 28 hours, the same result every time. 200, text/html, 395494 characters, landed on https://www.theverge.com/tech/1012206/google-ai-mode-overview-inline-links The wording varied; every check is below.Every one of the 2
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| October 15, 2026 at 2:02 PM EDT to October 16, 2026 at 6:01 PM EDT | Page contains the quotation | Passed | 200 | 2 checks over about 28 hours, the same result every time. the page contains the quotation, exactlyEvery one of the 2
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