At WP Product Talk, a small study was carried out with a very small sample, but one that may be highly significant, on the impact of creating code, themes and plugins with AI on the WordPress ecosystem, specifically on developers who sell plugins.
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A new study confirms that your traffic drop is not only due to AI Overviews, there is something else
We have spoken at length about Google AI Overviews and how they are taking a significant amount of organic traffic away from the open web by providing answers based on sources of questionable credibility and containing errors. Well, SEO expert Aleyda Solís warns us that there is more going on in Google Search thanks to a study.
(more…)Google’s decisions start to have consequences for CMS and DXP companies
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.
(more…)AInnovación 2025, a successful event that Google failed to overshadow
AInnovación 2025 took place the 24th of September, the great celebration of artificial intelligence (AI) and content that CMS MAG organizes every year. If last year’s edition was a discovery for many, this edition has been the moment of consolidation despite the bad luck that Google, despite having an office in Spain since 2003 (according to what I checked in chatGPT), waited until 2025 to hold its first Publisher Day in Spain, among other events that directly competed with those showcased at AInnovación 2025.
(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…)Google Search June 2025 core update ends: Check whether you won or lost audience
A few days ago we reported Google’s decision to launch a new Google Search core update. It began on 30 June and has now finished after just over half a month of rollout. Now, according to Google itself, the rollout is complete and it is time to see whether our site has climbed or fallen in Google’s rankings.
(more…)First major lawsuit in Europe against Google over its use of AI in its search engine
It finally seems something is shifting over AI Overviews and Google’s latest exercise of market power. Reuters has exclusively revealed that a group of independent publishers has filed an antitrust complaint, largely because there is no effective way to opt-out of Google’s AI without completely destroying traffic from Google Search.
(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…)Cloudflare CEO calls AI an “existential threat” to content creators
AI, and more specifically Google, is breaking the Internet as we know it today. In this post, Cloudflare’s CEO, Matthew Prince, has once again emphasised that quality content creators are not being adequately protected. According to this executive, when a search engine integrates AI in its current form, it practically sends no traffic back to the source, contradicting what Google claims.
(more…)How to access AI overviews data
Google does not provide figures for its AI Overviews because it claims the project is still liable to change. The truth, however, is that the data would not work in its favour, even though the company could publish them in the not-too-distant future. All that changes now thanks to Sistrix: content creators no longer have to wait for Google’s goodwill, because these metrics are already within reach.
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