Google AI Overviews now intercepting even navigational searches, founders complain
bindureddy · x · 2026-10-31
Bindu Reddy complains that Google has gone overboard with AI Overviews: even navigational queries where users explicitly want to reach a website now trigger an AI overview, redirecting organic traffic that should reach its destination into "AI slop."
It's another hit for sites relying on organic search traffic, echoing SEO-community concerns about AI Overviews eating clicks.
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