Search collapses as a traffic driver for legacy media, Axios chart shows

GarrisonLovely · x · 2026-09-22

An Axios chart shows search has collapsed as a traffic driver for legacy media. Garrison Lovely comments that Google is "continuing to kill the golden goose" as AI-powered search cuts off the referral traffic publishers depend on.

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