Early signals from Airbnb suggest visitors arriving via AI assistants are more likely to book, hinting at a major shift in how high intent traffic is discovered and measured. By Danny Goodwin February 18, 2026 Traffic from AI chatbots converts at a higher rate than traffic from Google. That’s according to Airbnb CEO … Continue reading Airbnb says AI chatbot traffic converts better than Google
Seeing a spike in direct traffic you can’t explain? It’s not a glitch. Here’s how to prove AI visibility is driving brand recall — even when you don’t get the click. By Dan Taylor , February 2, 2026 Some brands are seeing direct traffic grow without an obvious cause. A major reason … Continue reading Why AI visibility can increase direct traffic even when nobody clicks
Google Search Traffic Shifts To Discover Mobile by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, December 26, 2025 There has been a fundamental shift in how people discover news content through Google’s platforms. Google Web Search traffic to news publishers fell 51% in 2023 and was down 32.21% in 2024. The next set of data looked at … Continue reading Google Search Traffic Shifts To Discover Mobile
AI browsers disrupt how GA4 records referral data, obscuring traffic sources and discovery patterns. Find out how to track them accurately. Dan Taylor on November 4, 2025 As AI-powered browsers Perplexity Comet and ChatGPT Atlas reshape how users discover and interact with content, their influence is beginning to surface in web analytics. Understanding how … Continue reading How GA4 records traffic from Perplexity Comet and ChatGPT Atlas
AI search is reshaping how audiences find brands, driving fewer but higher-value visits that demand authenticity and reward originality over volume. Constantine von Hoffman on October 2, 2025 AI is changing how audiences find and engage with brands. Clicks may be fewer, but they are arriving later in the funnel, better qualified and far … Continue reading AI search is shifting traffic from volume to value
How To Report On Conversions, Not Just Traffic by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, September 5, 2025 Ryan Jones, marketing manager at SEOTesting in the U.K., has been pushing out valuable insights on LinkedIn during the past few days. “Most SEOs stop at reporting on traffic,” Jones wrote in a post, “but traffic isn’t the business … Continue reading How To Report On Conversions, Not Just Traffic
Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 21, 2025 OpenAI continues to experiment with presenting the most critical information and sources first, as the company weighs the impact of citation on publishers and websites. It’s a shift toward sites that provide answers to queries. … Continue reading Brand Websites See Less Traffic, Reddit And Wikipedia Lead ChatGPT Citations
Google Using Advanced LLMs To Take Down Invalid Traffic by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, August 13, 2025 Advances in large language models (LLMs) are changing the way Google detects and fights against invalid traffic (IVT) and ad fraud in digital advertising that often manifests as clicks and impressions not generated by humans. By leveraging AI … Continue reading Google Advances LLMs To Block, Take Down Invalid Ad Traffic
Who are you going to believe, Google or six LLMs trained on every piece of data on the planet? Constantine von Hoffman on August 11, 2025 Last week, Google published a blog post rebutting claims of declining website traffic from Google Search. “Overall, total organic click volume from Google Search to websites has been … Continue reading Google says web traffic isn’t declining. Google Gemini and five other LLMs disagree.
Get it back with email. Campaign Monitor on August 5, 2025 Have you noticed a dip in your organic traffic lately? You aren’t imagining it. AI-powered search engines, such as Google’s AI Overviews, ChatGPT, and Perplexity, are transforming the way people discover and consume content. Instead of clicking your link, users are getting instant … Continue reading AI ate my traffic by Campaign Monitor
