Reddit Says Google AI Mode Is Not Sending It Traffic
Reddit chief executive Steve Huffman said Google still crawls the site as hard as ever, but its AI Mode does not send traffic to Reddit or anyone else. In response, Reddit is putting the experience of logged-in users first.
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Context: Google Search has long sent large numbers of visitors to websites, and publishers worry that AI-written answers keep readers on Google's page instead. Reddit relies heavily on search traffic to reach new users, so this dispute matters for online communities.
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