The ongoing rollout of Google’s AI Overviews has prompted intense debate among publishers, SEOs and advertisers. Critics claim the feature is eroding referral traffic from search, while Google insists the opposite is true, arguing that its AI-driven changes are generating more searches and better-quality clicks. The latest exchange between independent researchers and Google’s own data […]

Search marketers are facing a fundamental change in how Google delivers answers. The introduction of two distinct AI-powered search formats, AI Mode and AI Overviews, marks a shift from a single set of ranking rules to a dual-path system with very different behaviours. New data from enterprise SEO platform BrightEdge, first published by Search Engine

One year after the launch of Google’s AI Overviews, the search landscape has shifted dramatically. While impressions on Google are up more than 49% year on year, click-through rates have dropped by nearly 30%. For marketers and SEO leaders, this signals a structural change, not a temporary trend. BrightEdge’s latest study confirms that visibility no

Google is stepping up its AI game with the broader rollout of AI Mode in Search, offering users a more conversational, ChatGPT-style interface. Initially made available to a small group of testers in March via Google Labs, the tool is now being opened up to all Labs users in the US, with limited testing already