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Journalist says 4,000 fake AI news websites created to game Google algorithms

AI-generated websites make money by ‘backlinking’ or gaming Discover for ad revenue.

By Rob Waugh

Google Offerwall explained: Easy way for publishers to test pay-as-you-go and ad-gated access

New publisher technology from Google comes amid concern over AI Overviews rollout.

By Richard Headland

How Google AI Overviews is fuelling zero-click searches for top publishers

Likes of Mail Online and People see high proportion of AI Overviews for their key search terms.

By Charlotte Tobitt

Urgent bid lodged with UK regulator to stop Google AI Overviews ‘stealing journalism’

Google accused of causing “serious irreparable harm” to the UK news industry.

By Charlotte Tobitt

Top UK online publishers: X plummets, Reddit surges, news publishers ranked

Reach has largest monthly audience reach among commercial UK news publishers.

By Charlotte Tobitt

Google’s site reputation abuse policy: the wrong solution to a real problem

How publishers have been affected by Google’s “overreach”, dictating commercial and hiring decisions.

By Richard Reeves

CMA set to force Google to work more fairly with UK publishers

New regulation of Google search in UK set to start in October.

By Dominic Ponsford

Daily Beast gains on Reddit and Facebook as Google traffic falls

And Vox Media CEO says OpenAI is a good partner but still doesn’t value content high enough.

By Dominic Ponsford

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