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The Google App for iOS can automatically convert some website text into links to Google Search results, as announced in a community post that SERoundtable<\/em> spotted<\/a>. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n Google calls the feature<\/a> \u201cPage Annotations\u201d and says it \u201cextracts interesting entities from the webpage and highlights them in line,\u201d which can then take you out to Search results when you tap them \u2014 inserting links without explicitly asking the user or the site owner first. It seems like a curious move for a company embroiled in antitrust fights over both its search<\/a> and advertising<\/a> businesses.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Google has a form<\/a> for web publishers to opt out of the links. According to the form, \u201cthe Page Annotation feature triggered on your site will be disabled within 30 days\u201d of filling it out. Those doing so need to enter all of the variations of their site, including \u201cwww and non-www, http and https, and subdomains.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n As 9to5Google<\/em> points out<\/a>, this feature is similar to the \u201cad intents\u201d that Google introduced<\/a> to its AdSense platform earlier this year, in that it automatically places links that display \u201crelevant, organic search results with ads\u201d on website text. The difference, though, is that site owners have to opt into the ad intents, instead of opting out.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n