Google's AI Overviews Cut Clicks, Costing Billions in Ad Revenue; SEO Industry Unsurprised
lilyraynyc · x · 2026-11-03
Google shoved AI Overviews down everyone's throats, only to find users clicking fewer website links since AI gave them the answers directly — now costing the company billions in lost ad revenue. SEO practitioner Lily Ray noted the industry is "unsurprised," as the backlash was long predicted.
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