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Google AI Overviews blamed for 70% traffic drop on 'All About Berlin' site

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A website operator reports a 70% traffic loss attributed to Google AI Overviews. Nicolas Bouliane, who runs the 'All About Berlin' website, stated that since 2017, his site has seen significant growth until Google's AI Overviews began providing direct answers, often trained on his content, before users could reach his site. This shift has severely impacted his website's traffic and livelihood. AI

IMPACT Highlights potential negative economic impact on content creators due to AI-driven search results.

RANK_REASON The item is an opinion piece from a website operator about the impact of Google AI Overviews on their traffic.

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Google AI Overviews blamed for 70% traffic drop on 'All About Berlin' site

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Nicolas Bouliane: AI is killing All About Berlin. “This is the traffic to All About Berlin, the website that I run since 2017, and live from since 2020. After 7

    Nicolas Bouliane: AI is killing All About Berlin. “This is the traffic to All About Berlin, the website that I run since 2017, and live from since 2020. After 7 years of growth, it has lost 70% of its traffic to Google AI Overviews. When you Googled something, you used to get a l…

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