Google's AI search overhaul disrupts online publishing

Google's AI search features are reshaping its long-standing reciprocal relationship with online publishers: outlets once invested in optimizing pages for rankings and clicks, but AI summaries now reduce referral traffic, pressuring search-dependent media.

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