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New Research: Google’s AI Overviews Now Cost Websites 58% of Their Clicks

MarTech SeriesMay 19, 2026Business WireRead original

Last updated May 19, 2026 by RSS Ingestion

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Impact has worsened sharply, with top-ranking pages losing more than half their expected traffic. New research from Ahrefs, a leading marketing platform, found that Google’s AI Overviews now result in a 58% lower average clickthrough rate for top-ranking pages, up from 34.5% just eight months ago. Despite Google’s statements that links in AI Overviews get […]