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20VC with Harry Stebbingsยท 2025-07-11 14:26
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Traffic Referrals - Google accounts for approximately 63% to 67% of all referral traffic across websites [1] - The relationship between Google and publishers is changing, with Google scraping significantly more content per visit given back [2] AI Overviews Impact - AI overviews are becoming Google's default method for providing answers to user queries [3] - Users may obtain answers without clicking through to websites, potentially impacting website traffic [4] Content Publishing Incentives - The incentive to publish content may diminish if users can obtain answers directly from AI overviews [4] - The future of the internet is uncertain if the incentive to publish content disappears [4] Data Usage and Return Visits - The ratio of content scraped to visits returned has drastically changed; previously, 2 pieces of content scraped resulted in one visit, but now it's 18 pages scraped for one visit [2]