Google further buries search results under AI mode

Google is now automatically expanding its AI search summaries at the top of the results page for some searches, as reported by Search Engine Roundtable. The change, when it kicks in, pushes the typical list of links from a search much farther down Google's results page; instead of seeing part of an AI Overview with […]

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  1. Top 3 Search Engines by Worldwide Market Share: As of July 2026, Google holds a commanding 91.32% of the global search engine market share, followed by Bing at 4.46% and Yandex at 0.99%.
  2. Google's Enduring Market Share Dominance: Google has maintained a global search market share between 86% and 96% since its inception in 1997, though it dipped below 90% in May 2025 for the first time in over a decade.
  3. Emerging AI Search Competitors and Features: Microsoft's Bing launched 'Bing Generative Search' in July 2024, leading in AI-powered search with 34% of its 2025 searches using generative AI, while Perplexity AI, a fast-growing AI answer engine, processed 780 million queries in May 2025.

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