Google gives publishers a new way to fight AI-driven traffic losses

Google is rolling out a new publisher button that lets readers select them as a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News. The change is intended to help publishers gain traffic as AI search is expected to reduce outbound web clicks. Overall impact is more incremental than market-moving, but it could modestly shift traffic flows toward publishers that opt in.

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Google is rolling out a new publisher button that lets readers select them as a preferred source across Search, Discover, and Google News. The change is intended to help publishers gain traffic as AI search is expected to reduce outbound web clicks. Overall impact is more incremental than market-moving, but it could modestly shift traffic flows toward publishers that opt in.