{"id":134293,"date":"2025-08-06T19:36:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/google-search-boss-says-ai-isnt-killing-search-clicks\/"},"modified":"2025-08-06T19:36:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-06T19:36:42","slug":"google-search-boss-says-ai-isnt-killing-search-clicks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/google-search-boss-says-ai-isnt-killing-search-clicks\/","title":{"rendered":"Google search boss says AI isn\u2019t killing search clicks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Google has often bristled at the implication that its obsession with <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2025\/05\/zero-click-searches-googles-ai-tools-are-the-culmination-of-its-hubris\/\">AI search is harming web traffic<\/a>, and now search head Liz Reid has penned a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.google\/products\/search\/ai-search-driving-more-queries-higher-quality-clicks\/\">blog post<\/a> on the topic. According to Reid, clicks aren&#8217;t declining, AI is driving more searches, and everything is fine on the Internet. But despite the optimistic tone, the post stops short of providing any actual data to back up those claims.<\/p>\n<p>This statement feels like a direct response to a recent Pew Research Center analysis that showed searches with AI Overviews resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/ai\/2025\/07\/research-shows-google-ai-overviews-reduce-website-clicks-by-almost-half\/\">lower click-through rates<\/a>. Google objected to the conclusions and methodology of that study, and the new blog post expands on its rationale.<\/p>\n<p>The banner claim in this post is that Google is not sending fewer clicks to websites. According to Reid, &#8220;total organic click volume&#8221; has remained &#8220;relatively stable year-over-year.&#8221; Meanwhile, Google is seeing more searches on its end, which is the most important metric for the company. Google&#8217;s blog also notes (fairly) that the web is unfathomably vast, and it&#8217;s common for trends to shift.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2025\/08\/google-search-boss-says-ai-isnt-killing-search-clicks\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/google\/2025\/08\/google-search-boss-says-ai-isnt-killing-search-clicks\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google has often bristled at the implication that its obsession with AI search is harming web traffic, and now search head Liz Reid has penned a blog post on the topic. According to Reid, clicks aren&#8217;t declining, AI is driving more searches, and everything is fine on the Internet. 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