Google AI search shift leaves website makers feeling ‘betrayed’

Google's Vulnerability In Search Is Growing

The dip suggests the trend isn’t an anomaly, but a sign of mounting competitive pressure and shifting user behavior.

Google AI search shift leaves website makers feeling 'betrayed'

The now-ubiquitous AI-generated answers – and the way Google has changed its search algorithm to support them – have caused traffic to independent websites to plummet, according to Bloomberg interviews with 25 publishers and people who work with them. Read full story

“Betrayed, That’s the Word”: Small Business Owners Reel as Google A.I. Destroys Google Search

(ZeroHedge)—In March 2024, Morgan McBride stood in her half-renovated kitchen posing for a photo shoot. The images were for a new Google ad campaign, a celebration of the ways the search engine had empowered her family’s do-it-yourself home improvement site, Charleston Crafted, to flourish. Just weeks later, she said, traffic from Google dropped more than 70%. McBride had weathered Google algorithm changes before. But this time, the recovery nev…

Google AI search shift leaves website makers feeling ‘betrayed’

By Davey Alba and Julia Love | Bloomberg In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways the search giant had helped her family’s business grow. But by the time the ad ran about a month later, traffic from Google had fallen more than 70%, McBride said. Charleston Crafted, which features guides on do-it-yourself home improvement projects, had weathered algorithm …

Google AI Search Overview leaves website makers feeling betrayed

NEW YORK -- In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways the search giant had helped her family’s business grow. But by the time the ad ran about a month later, traffic from Google had fallen more than 70%, McBride said.

Google AI Search Shift Leaves Website Makers Feeling ‘Betrayed’

In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways the search giant had helped her family’s business grow.