Google AI Overviews Ignores hreflang, Serves Wrong International Pages While Organic Results Get It Right
lilyraynyc · x · 2026-10-02
SEO expert Lily Ray highlights an odd inconsistency: Google's AI Overviews may pick the wrong international version of a page (Australia/UK versions shown to U.S. users), while the traditional organic results below correctly honor hreflang and serve the U.S. version — meaning AI answers and classic results can cite different page variants for the same query.
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