AI Overviews
Google's AI-generated summaries shown at the top of many search results, synthesising information from multiple web pages with links to…
GEO AI
Search generative AI control
A Search Console setting letting site owners include or exclude their site from Google's generative AI features, AI Overviews, AI Mode and generative features in Discover.
In full
The control offers include, exclude, or inherit from a parent property, and takes effect within a few days. Excluding does not affect classic Search rankings or other Google surfaces, but it forfeits the impressions and clicks those features generate. It is a cleaner instrument than snippet directives for publishers who want a binary decision, and sits alongside Google-Extended, which governs model training rather than search features.
Example
A subscription publisher excludes a paywalled subdirectory from generative AI features while leaving its free content included.
Related terms
AI Mode
Google's conversational search experience for complex, multi-part questions, returning a reasoned AI response with supporting links…
Google-Extended
A robots.txt control token that governs whether a site's content can be used to improve Gemini models and grounded Gemini API responses…
nosnippet / max-snippet
Robots directives controlling whether and how much of a page's text a search engine may show as a snippet or use in generated summaries.
Google Search Console
Google's free property-level reporting and diagnostics service covering search performance, indexing status, enhancements, manual actions…