B
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93.8%
93.8% -- ai overview linked websites outside first page for Websites linked as sources in Google AI Overviews (2023-12)
93.8% of websites linked as sources in Google AI Overviews come from outside the first page of organic search results.
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Value
93.8%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2023-12
Entity
Sample Size
1,000
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
Authoritas
Primary
Tier C
https://nightwatch.io/blog/google-ai-overviews-guide/ ↗
Source Article
Google's AI Overviews: What You Need to Know in 2026
The Impact of AI-Powered Search: Understanding Google’s AI Overviews
AI-powered search has fundamentally changed the SEO landscape. What began as Google’s Search Generative Experience (SGE) in beta testing has now evolved into AI Overviews - a fully deployed feature that represents the biggest revol…
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Attributed to the Authoritas study findings on AI Overviews source selection vs traditional Google Search
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Segmentation
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Websites linked as sources in Google AI Overviews: 93.8% ai overview linked websites outside first page. Source: Authoritas (2023-12). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/linked-websites-outside-first-page-2023
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linked-websites-outside-first-page-2023" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>93.8%</strong> -- ai overview linked websites outside first page for Websites linked as sources in Google AI Overviews<br><small>Source: Authoritas (2023-12) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/linked-websites-outside-first-page-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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