October 15, 2026

Replies to AI Mode now count as search queries: 21x more in 16 months

On 155 sites, replies like “yes please” to AI Mode suggestions rose from 5.6 to 116 per million impressions, from June 2025 to September 2026. Clicks on them are 12 times rarer than on regular queries: 2.9% versus 35.6%.

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October 15, 2026

Replies to AI Mode now count as search queries: 21x more in 16 months

On 155 sites, replies like “yes please” to AI Mode suggestions rose from 5.6 to 116 per million impressions, from June 2025 to September 2026. Clicks on them are 12 times rarer than on regular queries: 2.9% versus 35.6%.

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reddit.com · reddit.com ↗

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Google →

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Google DeepMind speeds up antimicrobial peptide search with Antigravity, but the announcement has no numbersOctober 15
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Universal Cart: Google's shared cart collects purchases from search and Gemini in the USOctober 15

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