Googlers keep saying "prompt volumes": one AI Mode query now spans discovery, research and product attributes
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-09-17
At Google's Retail Rethink 2026 event, multiple Googlers repeatedly used the term "prompt volumes," which the author reads as an agreed-upon comms strategy.
In the live session, Googlers explained it as variations of questions at scale: a single query now often combines product discovery, research, and specific product attributes the user wants — all at once, and happening daily at scale across AI Mode and Gemini. For search and e-commerce folks, the keyword-era mental model is being replaced by complex compound prompts.
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