Google pilots paying websites whose content feeds Gemini and AI Overviews answers
tibo_maker · x · 2026-09-19
Google is expanding a pilot that pays websites when their content meaningfully contributes to the freshness and factuality of generative answers in Gemini, AI Overviews and AI Mode.
- Similar programs already exist with news publishers worldwide, but as negotiated deals; Google now wants to go beyond news
- Pilot participants are receiving monthly earnings inside Google Search Console
- Still in testing, so payouts are likely small
- The author frames this as a shift from "write, maybe get indexed, maybe get a click" to "improve AI answers, get paid" — comparing it to X's content rewards, and calls it potentially the start of something big if Google scales it
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