Google AI Mode caught favoring its own flight pages, echoing Google Travel's #1 rankings
lilyraynyc · x · 2026-11-04
SEO expert Lily Ray highlights observations from natzir9 that Google AI Mode tends to link to Google's own flight pages in AI Mode answers, echoing a two-year-old pattern where Google Travel's subfolder ranked #1 for both "travel" and "flights." It reignites concerns about Google self-preferencing in AI search at the expense of third-party travel sites.
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