As announced in a community post, the Google app for iOS can automatically convert some website text into links in Google search results SEroundtable spotted,

Google calls feature “Page Annotations” and says it “extracts interesting entities from the webpage and highlights them in a line,” which can then take you to search results when you tap them – first from the user or site owner. Putting links without explicitly asking. This seems like an odd move for a company that has been embroiled in an antitrust battle on both sides of its Search And advertising Business

A screenshot shows how the links, “page annotations”, look.
Image: Google

Google is a form Opting out links for web publishers. According to the form, “The triggered page annotation feature on your site will be disabled within 30 days of filling it out”. Those doing this will need to enter all variations of their site, including “www and non-www, http and https, and subdomains.”

As 9to5Google tellsThis feature is similar to Google's “Advertising Purposes” Pur: On its AdSense platform earlier this year, it automatically placed links on website text displaying “relevant, organic search results with ads.” However, the difference is that site owners must opt-in to advertising purposes, rather than opting out.

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