AI's Impact on News Traffic and Publishing: A Growing Concern
Originally Published 6 months ago — by New York Post
Google's AI Overviews feature has significantly increased 'zero click' searches, leading to a sharp decline in traffic to news websites, with organic visits dropping from over 2.3 billion to under 1.7 billion in a year, and many publishers experiencing substantial traffic losses, despite Google's claims of new opportunities for content discovery.