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Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

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20 Aug
Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

OPINION · WHAT · TechCrunchOPEN STORY
21 Aug
Google Preferred Source Button Improved For Publishers

Google has updated the Preferred Sources button that publishers have on their websites to make it so that the user is taken right back to the page they were originally on. There

REPORT · WHERE · Search Engine RoundtableOPEN STORY
30 Sept
Google reportedly tests paying publishers for AI search results

Google has launched a pilot program that pays publishers for their contributions to its AI-powered search features, according to a report from The Information. The pilot program

REPORT · WHAT · The Verge TechOPEN STORY
27 May
Google Preferred Sources Hit 345K, Expand Into AI Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google says users have selected 345,000 Preferred Sources, which now appear in AI Overviews and AI Mode alongside new link carousels. </p> <p>The post <a

REPORT · WHO · Search Engine JournalOPEN STORY
19 Oct
Google AI Mode Citations With Preferred Source Preferences

Google is testing letting users view and modify their preferred sources list directly from within the AI Mode citations sidebar. There is a new button named "Source preferences"

REPORT · WHERE · Search Engine RoundtableOPEN STORY
6 May
Google Adds More Links & Link Context To AI Search via @sejournal, @MattGSouthern

<p>Google is adding subscription labels, inline links, discussion previews, and desktop link previews to its AI Search experiences.</p> <p>The post <a

REPORT · HOW · Search Engine JournalOPEN STORY
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