Google AI Overviews Are Killing Website Traffic: What You Can Do
Nearly 6 out of every 10 Google searches in the US now end with zero clicks to any website at all. Not a smaller click. Zero. If you run a blog, a business site, or anything that depends on Google traffic, this single number should worry you more than any algorithm update ever did. Google's AI Overviews and AI Mode have quietly rewritten how search works in 2026, and for content creators, the numbers are brutal in some categories and barely noticeable in others. Here's what's actually happening, who's getting hurt the most, and what you can genuinely do about it.