GLOSSARY
Chunking
IN ONE SENTENCE
Chunking splits a long document into passages so each can be embedded and retrieved separately.
Chunking splits a long document into passages so each can be embedded and retrieved separately.
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In detail
⚠️ Google's guidance lists AI-oriented content chunking as unnecessary — chunking happens inside the retrieval system and does not require rewriting content for it. What does help is making each paragraph readable on its own, which serves both people and machines.
Updated 2026-08-06