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Median year-over-year referral traffic from Google Search is down 10% in eight weeks, says Digital Content Next (DCN), which ...

Numerous studies indicate that the shift to AI search features and the use of AI chatbots are killing traffic to publishers’ sites. But Google on Wednesday denied that’s the case, at least in ...

Google's explanation for the rosy outlook? "With AI Overviews, people are searching more and asking new questions that are ...

Guess what - another story on Google Search volatility and how it is heated and the chatter within the SEO industry is pretty high right now. We reported about it a lot during the Google June 2025 ...

Publisher traffic sources 2019 to 2025. In-depth analysis of Chartbeat data looking at social, Google and direct referral ...

Are you trying to use Google Search on your iPhone, but the screen is too dark? The fix may actually be as simple as just tweaking a few settings.