"Google appears to be testing showing the citation favicon site icons at the bottom of the answer in AI Mode. This is in addition to where it normally shows those icons, at the top right of the card stack, on the side of the answer response. This was spotted by Sachin Patel who posted on X and shared a number of screenshots. Here is one of them, and as you can see, those icon favicon links are in both spots in this test:"
"This was spotted by Sachin Patel who posted on X and shared a number of screenshots. Here is one of them, and as you can see, those icon favicon links are in both spots in this test: Again, normally it just shows on the right side above the link cards and not at the bottom. I cannot replicate this: is that AI Mode? I am only seeing it at the top right pic.twitter.com/tvONgFTtvM- Barry Schwartz (@rustybrick) February 6, 2026 Forum discussion at X."
Google tested placing citation favicon site icons at the bottom of AI Mode answers while also displaying the same icons at the top-right of the card stack. Screenshot evidence shows the icon favicon links appearing in both the bottom and top-right positions within the same result. The typical behavior shows those icons only on the right side above link cards, not at the bottom. Attempts to reproduce the bottom placement failed for some observers, and the variation has been noted in social posts and forum discussion on the platform X.
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