AI search summaries are killing the long tail. The middle of the curve was where indie publishers actually lived.
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AI search summaries are killing the long tail. The middle of the curve was where indie publishers actually lived.
Counterpoint — informational queries were already moving to YouTube and Reddit. AI overviews just sped up a process that started in 2022.
We lost 38% of organic in Q1 to AI Overviews. Almost all of it informational long-tail. The middle of the curve has been deleted.