Google's AI Overviews: Game Over for Publisher Traffic?
When Google's AI Overviews launched last year, publishers worried they might negatively impact their traffic. It turns out those worries were justified, according to a new report from the Wall Street Journal.
June 16, 2025 |
Michael Gately
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