Google AI Mode local-intent anchors now show Google Business Profiles instead of sites

gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-03

Follow-up observation: for local-intent queries, AI Mode/Overviews anchors that used to send users to websites now mostly surface Google Business Profiles instead — another sign Google systematically changed AI Mode traffic routing.

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