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Google Claims Users Find Ads in AI Search 'Helpful'

Google launched AI Mode, an AI-powered search feature in the US in early 2025 that reshapes how users find answers online.
The update follows Google’s broader effort to compete in AI-powered search, though analysts predict it could reduce Reddit’s search traffic.
Reddit, reliant on logged-in users and developing its own AI tool called Reddit Answers, sees some user disruptions linked to Google’s AI changes.
Google reports users find ads in AI search overviews helpful since they enable quick connections to relevant businesses at needed moments.
Google’s AI Mode rollout may limit Reddit’s traffic growth but Reddit leaders remain confident in the strength of human-driven community content.

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Google claims users find ads in AI search 'helpful'

Google AI mode and AI Overviews now have ads, which, according to the search engine giant, are

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Google's 'AI Mode' could be bad for Reddit

Google's new AI Mode could be a threat to Reddit.Illustration by Mateusz Slodkowski/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesGoogle launched a new AI search mode in the US, and it could impact Reddit's growth.Reddit's stock fell as analysts predicted a decline in traffic thanks to Google's AI.Reddit said its most loyal users were key to its business and is refining its own AI search engine.Google announced last week that it is rolling out a new s…

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Google starts showing ads in AI search and claims they are "useful"

Google is starting to test adding ads to AI search results, the company announced at a Google Marketing Live presentation.

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Google Launches Ads in the Results of 'AI Overviews' and 'AI Mode' and Ensures that Users Consider Them 'Useful'

Google has begun to launch ads in the AI, AI Overviews and AI Mode-driven search experience in the United States, claiming that, according to internal data, users find them "useful" because they allow them to discover and connect "quickly" with relevant companies, products or services.

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Google Ensures that Users Find the Ads "Useful" in Its IA Search

At its Google Marketing Live event last week, Google announced the integration of advertisements into its IA mode and its IA Previews (AI Overviews) in the United States. Presented as "useful" by the search giant, these ads generate debate. ... Read more Like KultureGeek on Facebook, and follow us on Twitter Don't forget to download our free iAddict app for iPhone and iPad (link App Store) The Google article ensures that users find the ads "usef…

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Google Claims Users Find Ads In AI Search 'helpful' - Cybernoz - Cybersecurity News

Google AI mode and AI Overviews now have ads, which, according to the search engine giant, are “helpful.” At the Google Marketing Live event last week, Google confirmed it has started rolling out ads to AI mode and AI Overviews in the US, which create new “opportunities for customers.” While I haven’t seen ads in AI Overviews, some users spotted them last week, and these ads appear below the AI Overviews, followed by the traditional blue links. …

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