Publishers want Congress to stop AI crawlers from hiding
More than 300 media executives will press lawmakers to require AI bots to identify themselves and disclose why they’re scraping sites.
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USA TODAY overhauls audience strategy, citing search pressure
The overhaul includes layoffs and a new audience team structure as AI platforms send fewer users back to publisher websites.
Google’s Discover job posting confirms what the feed already shows
A single Google Careers listing sheds rare light on Discover's recommendation system, reinforcing research into candidate selection and user affinity.
Only 1.1% of news publisher visits come directly from AI: Study
AI referrals made up 1.1% of publisher visits after AI chats, with most traffic coming from direct visits and search.
300 French newspapers file complaint over Google AI Overviews
Publishers say Google's AI-generated search summaries have reduced referral traffic and may breach a news compensation agreement.
How to turn news articles into assets for AI search
Liquid content gives publishers more ways to package, distribute, personalize, and monetize journalism as audience habits shift.
Tailor Your Feed: The Google Discover fan-out that surfaces niche sites
Here's why it opens a third visibility path for small sites, beyond implicit affinity and the Follow button.
USA Today vs. Google AI Overviews: A World Cup battle for breaking news traffic
As Google's AI Overviews arrive more quickly for developing stories, publishers are adjusting workflows to capture search interest early.
Publishers push Common Crawl to stop collecting content for AI training
Could AI lose a key source of training data? Major publishers want Common Crawl to stop collecting and sharing their content.
Condé Nast expects search to become a single-digit of its traffic
After years of Google algorithm updates and huge SERP changes, Condé Nast now plans its business as if search traffic barely exists.
Google quietly gave 54 publishers control over their Discover profiles. Here’s what they did with it.
The first systematic analysis of Google's invitation-only enhanced publisher profiles on Discover, based on monitoring 46,926 publishers.
Utility news content: How to win beyond clicks in AI search
Clicks are declining, but utility content still builds visibility and trust. Here’s how to adapt your newsroom strategy for AI search.
Google Discover and the content discovery revolution transforming digital marketing
Google Discover is a personalized content feed that surfaces articles without a search. Learn how it works, where it appears, and how to optimize content for Discover traffic.
AI bot traffic surged 300%, hitting publishers hardest: Report
AI fetcher bots siphon traffic and revenue from publishers, delivering real-time answers that bypass your site and cut referral visits.
Google confirms AI headline rewrites test in Search results
Publishers face new risk as Google tests AI-written titles in Search, rewriting tone and intent to better match queries and boost engagement.
Small publisher search traffic fell 60% over two years: Data
Google Search pageviews fell 34% year over year and Discover dropped 15%, as ChatGPT referrals rose 200% but remained under 1% of traffic.
Google AI Overviews cut search clicks 42%: Report
Publishers are losing Google organic search traffic, but breaking news traffic jumped 103% and Discover clicks are surging.
How Google Discover qualifies, ranks, and filters content: Research
New SDK findings reveal why some pages never reach ranking, how pCTR predicts clicks, and why images and recency drive Discover traffic.
How to optimize news content for today’s social-first Google SERP
Google now blends social posts, short-form video, and AI into news results. Adapt your strategy for visibility across SERP features and Discover.
News publishers expect search traffic to drop 43% by 2029: Report
AI answers are taking clicks from publishers. Media companies warn that Google Overviews and chat experiences are speeding up traffic loss.
How AI answers are disrupting publisher revenue and advertising
A deeper look at the traffic losses, revenue shifts, and emerging models reshaping publishing and search in an AI-first era.
5 SEO truths that cut through the AI noise
Discover the data-backed insights that show where SEO efforts actually pay off as Google weaves more AI into search.
Reddit launches Pro tools for publishers
Reddit debuts Pro tools to help publishers track stories, auto-import content, and tap into communities as referral traffic shifts.
News site traffic is shrinking, but Google and AI aren’t solely to blame
Nearly every top U.S. news site lost traffic in July. From paywalls to shifting habits, publishers saw single or double-digit declines.
Google traffic to news publishers is steady, but it isn’t traditional Search
Google Discover now leads publisher referrals as direct and social traffic slide, keeping news sites reliant on Google, data shows.
Google Discover on desktop now available in some countries
Google Discover is rolling out to desktop, which could be a big traffic win for publishers hurt by AI Overviews and generative AI.
Navigating Google’s site reputation abuse policy: What publishers need to know
Google Search Liaison Danny Sullivan addresses concerns around freelance writers, writing teams, manual actions, and more.
AI search engines often make up citations and answers: Study
I read the news today, oh boy. AI search engines give wrong answers 60% of the time and often cite fabricated or broken URLs.
As AI scraping surges, AI search traffic fails to follow: Report
AI bot scraping doubled from Q3 to Q4 of 2024. But the click-through rates from AI search remain abysmal – at less than 1%
Google News automated publication pages to start in March
This comes after Google announced in April 2024 that Publisher Center will stop allowing you to add publications manually.
Google algorithm changes blamed for 50% traffic drop to news site the Sun
The legacy media brand is shifting focus from reach metrics to engagement, such as YouTube watch time.
OpenAI to integrate SearchGPT into ChatGPT before 2024 ends
OpenAI's Varun Shetty also said publishers will be fairly compensated through 'significant incremental traffic from new audiences.'
Google Publisher Center to stop allowing you to add publications
Instead, Google will automatically add eligible publishers and will eventually remove those publishers not eligible.
Google will pay Canadian publishers $73m a year to keep news links in search
The search engine threatened to stop serving news in response to a new law forcing tech companies to pay for news content.
Report: Generative AI violates copyright law, rights of news publishers
News publishers are concerned that AI answers will replace Search traffic, leading to less revenue, lost jobs and other damages.
Washington Post shares SEO and web performance guidelines
The Washington Post has shared a document outlining 'proven strategies and guidelines' around SEO and optimal site practices.
Google News Showcase coming to the US and updates to follow tab on Google News
Plus, Google re-announced the Google Reader Revenue Manager.
News content could vanish from Meta in Canada
Meta strikes back at 'flawed' legislation that would force it to pay news publishers to use their content on Facebook and Instagram.
Google no longer recommends canonical tags for syndicated content
Instead, Google says block your syndicated content from being indexed.
Google Search Console adds new rich results report for “Subscribed content”
Reader Revenue Manager publishers can now measure traffic from Google Search queries and fix structured data.