New Google AI powered search box poses a threat to website traffic

The AI generated result summaries on Google searches, that we’ve become accustomed to recently, sound like they will be a thing of the past when a new search… experience is rolled out shortly. Because your curiosity doesn’t always fit into keywords, we’re also introducing the biggest upgrade to our Search box in over 25 years — now completely reimagined with AI. This intelligent Search box puts our most powerful AI tools right at your fingertips, making it easier to ask your questions. Blame the upgrade — the first in a quarter of century — on our boundless curiosity then. One can only imagine the impact the new search results will have on website traffic. Particularly if links to the sources of information used to compile search results are not shown. Emma Roth, writing for The Verge, notes that people will still be able to see “traditional” search results by clicking/pressing on the “web” tab on the search page. I wonder how many people will select that option, as my guess is the…