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.

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Google's AI Overviews: Game Over for Publisher Traffic?
Our Colorful Community

Our Colorful Community

Here at Disqus, one of our values is being colorful. Our product is designed to let all sorts of people from all over the internet find each other to have great discussions. We’ve often said that Disqus is the web’s “community of communities” - an environment where all sorts of communities can gather and thrive. We believe that colorful characters are what make the internet a special place...and the same goes for our company! Employees are encouraged to share their whole selves with us, whether that means bringing their expertise from previous workplaces to their projects or teaching us how to juggle (seriously, we’ve had Disqusser-led workshops in everything from bike maintenance to ballet to brewing...and things that don’t start with “b” too). A diversity of opinions and experiences makes us a stronger team, and sharing our passions with each other helps us remember that we’re all humans :)
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The paper plane proof: our uplifting story of client-side JavaScript bucketing

The paper plane proof: our uplifting story of client-side JavaScript bucketing

Contributors: Ernest Wong, Charles Covey-Brandt, and Michael Maltese
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Fun in the (almost) Sun: A Company BBQ

Fun in the (almost) Sun: A Company BBQ

Earlier this week, we hosted a good ole fashioned company BBQ at Crissy Field in San Francisco - it was about time that we brought the team together for a little fun in the sun fog!
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Game of Thrones, Comments and Cute Animals Together at Last!

Game of Thrones, Comments and Cute Animals Together at Last!

With Game of Thrones returning this Sunday, we thought we’d look back at some of the best comments people on Disqus have made about the show. 18 hours later (it was exhausting but in the fun way), we assembled some of the best. And then searched the Internet high and low to match those comments with pictures of animals. (Repeat: these are actual comments.) Allow us to present our hard work.
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Commenter Spotlight: Kandric

Commenter Spotlight: Kandric

Getting help from an Internet stranger is a pretty surreal experience. You open a browser tab with beads of sweat trickling down your brow, and find your way to a support forum in hopes that your burning question will be answered by some noble human who has more knowledge than you.
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Controversy vs. Conversation: Analyzing Oscar Talk

Controversy vs. Conversation: Analyzing Oscar Talk

My favorite bar in my old neighborhood used to have an Oscars night party. They’d print their own ballots and determine winners by the volume of cheering as each nominee was read aloud. That was fun but it was the discussion at my end of the bar that I enjoyed more. I could hear more and I learned more.
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What Comments About Oscar® Movies Reveal

What Comments About Oscar® Movies Reveal

Yesterday, we published our findings from studying comments related to Oscar® nominated films. We couldn’t cover all that we discovered in one post. This next batch of findings looks at what surprised us and drove discussions in interesting ways.
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Moderate Multiple Disqus Communities With This Useful Gmail Filter

Moderate Multiple Disqus Communities With This Useful Gmail Filter

Are you a moderator of multiple Disqus communities? Chances are you’re handling a fairly large volume of new comments on a daily basis. Perhaps you check the Disqus Admin to monitor for recent comments or maybe you prefer email notifications of new comments.
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Conversations Belong with Content

Conversations Belong with Content

I’m Jim, I’ve been working with startups since the mid-’90s, most recently helping publishers be more successful with Disqus. I may also be the most active commenter currently employed by Disqus.
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How to Run an AMA with Disqus

How to Run an AMA with Disqus

I recently recapped an AMA we hosted with Andreesen Horowitz’s Benedict Evans during Business Insider’s IGNITION 2014. In this post, I wanted to walk through the process for running an AMA in your own community.
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Hosting an AMA at IGNITION 2014

Hosting an AMA at IGNITION 2014

Earlier this month, Disqus was in New York for Business Insider's IGNITION conference which brings together folks in media and technology to explore the future of digital. As one of the sponsors, we built a discussion channel for attendees to encourage people to start and join discussions about topics covered in panels and interviews.
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