Google’s latest decisions, given its de facto monopoly position in many digital domains, are starting to have consequences. The situation, in general, in the world of journalism at major outlets, with a few exceptions, is one of depression and weariness after the arrival of AI Overviews, the growing prominence of AI Mode, changes in Google Discover and the latest Google update, which has once again reduced traffic for many outlets in Google Search.
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Predictions and journalism trends for 2026 and how the CMS or DXP should contribute
A lot has happened since the launch of ChatGPT, a product that surprised insiders and outsiders on November 30, 2022 and changed the history of the internet forever. Even though some time has passed, even today we still have to point again to generative artificial intelligence (AI) as a trend for 2026. The reason is that its applications and implications are so many and so far reaching that they keep surprising us every year, which makes it impossible for it to drop off the list of predictions and trends for 2026.
(more…)A study shows that the traffic that major AI platforms send to media outlets is negligible
A recent study by GfK DAM in Spain is very clear when it comes to Artificial Intelligence (AI): less than 0.2% of queries to tools such as ChatGPT or Perplexity end in a click through to a news story. In this context, the challenge for media outlets is enormous, since it is no longer just a trend among big tech companies toward zero click, it is that the figure is in practice almost zero.
(more…)This is exactly how Google Discover works
According to the SEO Director of the British newspaper The Telegraph, Harry Clarkson-Bennett, based on his own experience and the leaks that have occurred on the subject, this is exactly how Google works…
(more…)Intangibles in digital journalism
Someone I do not know said that the best things in life are not things. A book I read recently told me something similar by advising me not to invest my leisure time in things but in experiences. Things come and go, they deteriorate, they make you suffer, especially if they are very expensive and demand a lot of maintenance and attention, but experiences leave indelible marks in the memories of those who live them.
(more…)Google Search tests a new feature to choose sources for the Top Stories section
Google tests many things and not all of them end up working or being rolled out worldwide. In this case, it has been reported that they are testing in the United States and India a new feature that allows for a bit of personalization in the Google Search Top Stories module, one that traditionally stood out for sending a lot of traffic to media outlets, but which nowadays is also affected by AI Overviews.
(more…)Signs you must change your CMS now
Over the years at CMS MAG we have seen it all. Many clients have shared their CMS-swap stories with us: their successes and, above all, their mistakes. And, of course, we can clearly discern which are the unmistakable signs that you must change your CMS or DXP immediately.
(more…)At last, someone stands up for content creators in their battle with AI
Content creators have found a new superhero in Cloudflare and the good news is that it already handles around 20 % of all internet traffic.
(more…)It’s official: Google June 2025 core update launched
For some time, many observers had been pointing out that search results were shifting markedly, the system felt “hot” in industry jargon, which heralded the imminent arrival of the Google June 2025 core update. In addition, it had been quite a while since the previous core update, despite Google representatives having said there would be more and more frequent core updates.
(more…)New York Times approves certain uses of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the newsroom
According to Semafor, The New York Times (NYT), one of the most combative outlets against big tech companies that use generative Artificial Intelligence (AI), has allegedly given the green light to using AI within the newsroom for tasks not directly related to news stories, such as social media texts and SEO-optimized headlines, among others.
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