In February, we covered how Google's AI Overviews really hurt the click-through rate of the search results and paid ads. Well, several more recent studies have come out that back up this data. Danny ...

Google’s AI Overviews feature has led to a significant increase in the frequency of “zero clicks” to search queries — drastically reducing traffic to news websites, according to a new report. Since ...

AI Overviews don’t just steal clicks. They dominate screens. Google’s AI-generated summaries now stretch across the top of search results like they own the place. And let’s be real, they do. With ...

Users are less likely to click on search result links when an AI-generated summary is presented, according to new data from Pew Research Centre. According to the report, which surveyed 900 US adults ...

Google rolled out AI Overviews to all U.S. users in May 2024. Since then, publishers have reported significant traffic losses, with some seeing click-through rates drop by as much as 89%. The question ...

A new study from GrowthSRC Media finds that click-through rates (CTRs) for Google’s top-ranking search result have declined from 28% to 19%. This 32% drop correlates with the expansion of AI Overviews ...