Owning the "Fanout": Navigating the AI Mode Follow-Up Funnel
Search doesn't end with a single answer anymore. When users engage with Google's AI Mode, they're not clicking through a list of blue links: they're exploring branching conversation paths that spiral outward from their initial question. This is the fanout, and it's fundamentally reshaping how content gets discovered, evaluated, and cited by AI systems. Here's…



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