Google Search Referrals to Publishers Fell 40% Year-Over-Year
Chartbeat's 2026 Publisher Playbook shows Google Search referrals down 40.2% year-over-year, Discover down 34.3%, and traffic shifting to channels publishers control more closely.
Topic: Google Discover
Google Search Profile Badges Expose the Publisher Traffic Crisis
Google's new Search Profile badge guide arrives as AI Search starves publishers of traffic. SEJ's Roger Montti calls the feature a "break the glass measure" for declining referral…
Google Discover Tests 'Dive Deeper' Button With AI Topic Overviews
Google is testing a 'Dive deeper' button in Discover that opens AI-generated topic overviews with links to related stories. The experiment starts with videos, Search Console's AI…
