AI Overviews

A federal judge in Washington ruled that Google never promised publishers traffic in return for their content. Both suits were dismissed in a 41-page opinion.

The jump started on 18 September and peaked at 90.48% on 27 September. Google has not announced any change.

The first organic result on Google took 20.02 per cent of clicks in July 2026. Where an AI Overview sat above it, the same position took 9.69 per cent.

Reach, the UK publisher of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express, told staff on 16 September it will close three local news sites. It is also creating 60 new roles in video and subscriptions.

Google is testing a "Dive deeper" button in Discover that opens an AI topic overview. The test starts with video cards.

The Information reported on 29 September that Google's AI contribution pilot pays about 100 publishers, from under $1,000 to over $1 million a year.

Google's John Mueller said on 10 September that Search Console cannot map the old position 1 to 10 scale onto AI search results in a way that helps site owners.

Organic visibility at Germany\u2019s biggest online shops fell 16.7 percent in a year, according to a study by Sistrix and LEAP. The trade title etailment published the figures on 3 September 2026.

Groupe Le Monde has seen no sudden audience drop since Google's AI Overviews reached France in July 2026, CEO Louis Dreyfus said on September 8. Le Monde gained 24,000 subscribers a month in July and August.

AlsoAsked studied 19.2 million English-language searches. In the first week of September, 97% of the answers in the People Also Ask box were written by AI.

Every website can now see in Search Console how often it appears in Google AI answers, and can switch itself out of them. The report still does not show clicks.