The future of AI-dominated search...
Structural tension:
-Users want quick answers.
-Google wants users to stay on Google.
-Publishers need traffic to survive.
-Google needs publishers to continue producing content.
#google #googlei/o #serp #publishers
By removing website links from search results, Google is also breaking its social contract, according to Matthias Ott... #google #serp #googlei/o
https://matthiasott.com/notes/ad-infinitum#:~:text=Google%20is%20dismantling%20the%20very%20product%20that%20built%20its%20empire
Ad Infinitum · Matthias Ott

Web design engineer, UX designer, teacher, and speaker – helping teams build websites and digital products with a focus on CSS, accessibility, and performance.

Matthias Ott – Web Design Engineer

Arts Journal Blog: AJ Chronicles: Google Just Changed the way We’re Going to Find Culture. “Google traffic to small publishers is down 60 percent. When an Overview appears, the click-through rate on the top-ranked result collapses. About 58 percent of searches now end in zero clicks. The chatbot referrals supposedly replacing them account for less than 1 percent of publisher page views. Why […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/02/aj-chronicles-google-just-changed-the-way-were-going-to-find-culture-arts-journal-blog/
AJ Chronicles: Google Just Changed the way We’re Going to Find Culture (Arts Journal Blog)

Arts Journal Blog: AJ Chronicles: Google Just Changed the way We’re Going to Find Culture. “Google traffic to small publishers is down 60 percent. When an Overview appears, the click-through …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Search Engine Roundtable: Google May 2026 Core Update Hits Hard Saturday – May 30th. “The Google May 2026 core update seemed to have hit some sites in a very big way yesterday, Saturday, May 30, 2026. As a reminder, the May 2026 core update was announced on May 21, 2026, and then that following weekend, we saw some significant ranking volatility, and then again, this past weekend, we saw even […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/02/search-engine-roundtable-google-may-2026-core-update-hits-hard-saturday-may-30th/
Search Engine Roundtable: Google May 2026 Core Update Hits Hard Saturday – May 30th

Search Engine Roundtable: Google May 2026 Core Update Hits Hard Saturday – May 30th. “The Google May 2026 core update seemed to have hit some sites in a very big way yesterday, Saturday…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

You think showing up in search means getting the click. But AI now answers questions *before* anyone clicks—naming businesses right on the results page. Your window to get chosen is closing fast.

#AISearch #GoogleAI #SERP #BusinessVisibility #BizScoreAI

https://bizscoreai.com/blog/ai-search-shift-business-chosen/

The AI Search Shift: How to Get Your Business Chosen Before the Click - BizScoreAI

Something changed in search — and most small business owners haven't been told what it is.

BizScoreAI

Search Engine Journal: Google Confirms May 2026 Core Update Is Now Rolling Out . “Google has begun rolling out the May 2026 core update, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. Google also announced the rollout on X through its Search Central account. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/search-engine-journal-google-confirms-may-2026-core-update-is-now-rolling-out/
Search Engine Journal: Google Confirms May 2026 Core Update Is Now Rolling Out

Search Engine Journal: Google Confirms May 2026 Core Update Is Now Rolling Out . “Google has begun rolling out the May 2026 core update, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. Googl…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Search Engine Roundtable: Study: Adding Schema Did Not Improve AI Citations On Google, ChatGPT & More. “A new study from Ahrefs says that adding schema (structured data) does not and did not boost citations on any of the AI platforms including Google (AI Overviews or AI Mode), ChatGPT and others. ‘Adding schema produced no major uplift in citations on any platform,’ Ahrefs wrote.”

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/15/study-adding-schema-did-not-improve-ai-citations-on-google-chatgpt-more-search-engine-roundtable/
Study: Adding Schema Did Not Improve AI Citations On Google, ChatGPT & More (Search Engine Roundtable)

Search Engine Roundtable: Study: Adding Schema Did Not Improve AI Citations On Google, ChatGPT & More. “A new study from Ahrefs says that adding schema (structured data) does not and did…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Search Engine Land: Condé Nast expects search to become a single-digit of its traffic. “Condé Nast now plans its business ‘as if search is zero’ after years of Google algorithm updates and AI Overviews reducing visits to publisher websites. That’s according to CEO Roger Lynch, who was interviewed on TBPN, the tech media network that bills itself as ‘technology’s daily show’ and was […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/14/search-engine-land-conde-nast-expects-search-to-become-a-single-digit-of-its-traffic/
Search Engine Land: Condé Nast expects search to become a single-digit of its traffic

Search Engine Land: Condé Nast expects search to become a single-digit of its traffic. “Condé Nast now plans its business ‘as if search is zero’ after years of Google algorithm up…

ResearchBuzz: Firehose

Search Engine Land: Google quietly gave 54 publishers control over their Discover profiles. Here’s what they did with it.. “Our Profile Features Monitor tracks 46,926 publishers across seven languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Dutch, and Portuguese. To isolate the enhanced cohort, we filtered for publishers that showed persistent enhanced-profile signals across multiple […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/13/search-engine-land-google-quietly-gave-54-publishers-control-over-their-discover-profiles-heres-what-they-did-with-it/
Search Engine Land: Google quietly gave 54 publishers control over their Discover profiles. Here’s what they did with it.

Search Engine Land: Google quietly gave 54 publishers control over their Discover profiles. Here’s what they did with it.. “Our Profile Features Monitor tracks 46,926 publishers across seven …

ResearchBuzz: Firehose