Google has confirmed that disabled source links on Discover AI summary cards were a bug in an experiment, now switched off. A replacement test is already running, so referral behaviour on AI summaries stays unsettled. Search Console counts impressions only, never source taps, leaving AI referral data hard to measure. https://www.searchenginejournal.com/rajan-patel-disabled-discover-source-clicks-bug/594579/ #Marketing #Strategy #SEO
Search Engine JournalGoogle: Disabled Discover Clicks Were A Bug In An ExperimentRajan Patel wrote on X that disabled source clicks on Google Discover AI summaries were a bug in an experiment that has been turned off.