Data gathered by Chartbeat and shared by Axios reveals that, over the past year, Google Search traffic to publishers across the broader web have fallen drastically, and proportionally more so for smaller websites. Referral traffic from Google apparently fell by 60% for “small publishers,” while “medium publishers” (those with between 10,000-100,000 daily pageviews) saw a drop of 47%. “Large publishers,” meanwhile, saw a 22% drop. That last category would be any site getting over 100,000 daily pageviews.

It’s not just Google Search either. While Search traffic dropped by 34%, traffic from Google Discover has also fallen by 15% over the past year, the report found.

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    2 days ago

    Yes. Also combined with:

    1. replace all entry level jobs with AI
    2. run out of experienced people because nobody new can learn the skills required
    3. ???
    4. profit

    But you see, for a brief moment, we made the shareholders very rich, and that was a beautiful moment totally worth everything.