Reddit and the web face a bleak future without Google traffic, as Reddit reports lower search referrals
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Google zero, eventually, comes for us all. That's the belief, and fear, that meaningful traffic from Google trends toward zero because of changes to its search engine practices and, more recently, its shift toward AI — answering people's search questions not with links to places…
Read at the source ↗MARKET IMPACTNEUTRAL✦ News Impact agent estimateTone: expected bearishLower search referral traffic tied to Google's AI changes weighs on Reddit's outlook and on other companies that depend on Google traffic.AI-generated summary
✦ IN BRIEF · AIAI-generated summary
- 01Reddit reported that search referral traffic fell meaningfully in the past quarter.
- 02CEO Steve Huffman said Google is no longer sending people to Reddit the way it used to.
- 03Google is shifting search toward AI mode and AI summaries instead of links to websites.
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Reddit, Inc.91.67 USDMarket closedtoday -29.27%Negative Alphabet Inc.279.84 USDMarket closedtoday -1.40%Neutral
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