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630 Publishers Demand 'AI Overview' Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging 'Forced' Deals

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EditorDavid @ Slashdot · 09/07/2025 15:34 EDT

Publishers Demand 'AI Overview' Traffic Stats from Google, Alleging 'Forced' Deals

AI Overviews have lowered click-through traffic to Daily Mail sites by as much as 89%, the publisher told a UK government body that regulates competition. So they've joined other top news organizations (including Guardian Media Group and the magazine trade body the Periodical Publishers Association) in asking the regulators "to make Google more transparent and provide traffic statistics from AI Overview and AI Mode to publishers," reports the Guardian:


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