Website links displayed within Google’s AI Overviews saw minimal click-through rates (1 per cent) as well, as per the study.

Independent analyses suggest Google’s AI search strategy is indeed having an impact. Search impressions—the number of advertiser links that show up in searches, even if they aren’t clicked—grew by 49% in the year since the overviews were launched, according to a May report from BrightEdge, a search-engine-optimization firm.

Google’s AI summaries are causing a sharp drop in website clicks, prompting publishers to rethink business models amid fears of a “Google Zero” future.

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Research shows only 1% of users click a link in AI summaries. It also confirms that Reddit, Wikipedia, and YouTube are the most cited.

The search giant predicted a further capital spending boost next year and cited massive demand for its cloud computing services.

News companies have been warned of a “devastating impact” on online audiences as search results are replaced by AI summaries, after a new study claimed it caused up to 80% fewer clickthroughs. The threat posed by Google’s AI Overviews,

Pew Research Center's claim that AI Overviews reduce web traffic to publishers may have been based on flawed methodology.

The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

AI Overview's Impact on SEO. Google's new AI Overview feature in Search is at the heart of the evolving debate. AI Overview is designed to enhance search results by providing summarized answers to queries, pulling information from various sources and presenting it in a concise, easy-to-read format.