Study of google ai overviews in russian search queries

The author sampled 1,095 questions across 55 topic sets, configuring Google searches for Russia; an AI Overview appeared above the results in 93% of cases. In a comparison across four sets, 222 of 446 overview sources were on domains present on the ordinary first results page, leaving 224 outside it. The author says 97% of sources for Russian queries had Russian-language titles. The article attributes the broader source pool to Google searching for multiple subquestions, but does not establish the retrieval path for each cited source. The author also cautions that the regional setting was simulated in the query parameters, not tested from a Russian IP address, and that the questions came from client niches rather than random everyday searches.

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