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click through

verb

  1. to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. (of a website) able to be navigated by means of links between different pages

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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The idea is that users will no longer have to click through and navigate a website or a shopping app, and could instead instruct a chatbot to buy goods on their behalf.

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“So you’re still likely to click through even if you’re doing research initially.”

"If you click through on other links on the page you'll notice that they don't work and that's a clear sign it's a clone site," says Stapleton.

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But it is already concerning some businesses, who say people are less likely to click through to their websites via the links contained in an AI summary.

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It differs from its internet-cousin clickbait, where a headline is used to tempt a reader to click through to view a video or article.

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