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Topic: Press Gazette
Google removes Search Engine Land article after false DMCA claim
Our report on Clickout Media's AI-driven gambling sites vanished from Google after a dubious copyright claim.
Report: Clickout Media turned news sites into AI gambling hubs
Google calls it site reputation abuse: legacy news brands, fake bylines, casino links, layoffs, and deindexing in a search spam scheme.
Google Discover fixing fake AI spam problem
After many complaints with the quality of the Google Discover feed, Google is promising a fix is in the works.
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.
Shocking 56% CTR drop: AI Overviews gut MailOnline’s search traffic
MailOnline's Carly Steven warns that Google AI Overviews will have a dramatic impact on traffic, and search traffic will inevitably decline.
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.
Daily Mail publisher introduces new social-first video ads
DMG Media manages the video production process to ensure the ads can stand alone as independent content pieces.
X referral traffic falls for publishers like BuzzFeed, Reuters, CNN
X, formerly known as a reliable traffic source, has sent less traffic to large and small publishers over the past five years.