{"id":579692,"date":"2026-08-25T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/579692\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T09:00:13","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T09:00:13","slug":"tell-us-do-you-think-ai-has-made-google-search-better-or-worse-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/579692\/","title":{"rendered":"Tell us: do you think AI has made Google search better or worse? | Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google<\/a> calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to the rest of the internet has been profound, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting.<\/p>\n

\u201cAI is driving the most significant upgrade of the Google Search experience ever,\u201d Liz Reid, Google\u2019s vice-president of search, wrote last August<\/a>. In May, the company said more AI is coming<\/a>.<\/p>\n

As people grow accustomed to AI chatbots, they\u2019re spending more time with Google\u2019s and therefore more time on Google.com. Studies, media outlets and website owners alike are finding that people navigate less to sites beyond Google if an AI Overview can give them a good enough answer, even if the bot cites the sites that feed it. Clicks, also known as traffic, are often the most significant way a website earns money from advertising. Large US media companies are suing<\/a> Google, alleging that AI summaries have redirected and reduced traffic to their sites, cutting into their revenue.<\/p>\n

Google said it had not seen a decline in aggregate traffic and that such accusations are based on \u201cflawed methodologies\u201d. Reid, the company\u2019s vice-president of search, wrote last year: \u201cTotal organic click volume from Google Search to websites has been relatively stable year-over-year.\u201d<\/p>\n

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