Rumors of Google cutting AI Overviews debunked: data providers see no drop post-earnings
gaganghotra_ · x · 2026-11-01
After Google's earnings call, rumors spread that AI Overviews were being scaled back or killed, citing hurt ad click rates and massive compute burn. The author checked with multiple scraping/data tool providers: none observed a decline in AI Overviews since the call. The only live change spotted is more organic product grids inside AI Mode answers, likely to create ad inventory mixing organic and product ads.
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