Google AI Overviews is spitting out "[anchor here]" placeholders, SEOs report
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-04
- SEO practitioner gaganghotra noticed that since Tuesday Google AI Overviews answers have been frequently emitting [anchor here] placeholder text.
- Likely a template or generation pipeline glitch on Google's side; he's asking others who scrape AI Overviews to confirm.
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