Google AI Overviews decrease CTRs: A new study bolsters claims that Google controls both the search experience and the advertising ecosystem.

A second federal judge says Google is a monopoly: The ruling, targeting Google’s ad servers and exchange, could rewrite the rules of digital advertising.

With content quickly buried and inactive users penalized, the platform is reworking search to give creators a longer runway and more consistent reach.

After pulling news for a portion of EU users, Google saw barely any drop in engagement, which could fuel a shift toward AI summaries and fewer publisher links.

Anthropic’s newest upgrade pits it against Google, Perplexity, and OpenAI—escalating the fight for information dominance.

With no ads, no tracking, and deep customization, Kagi is challenging Google’s dominance by offering a $10/month alternative that puts control back in users’ hands.

Consumers will pay for accurate AI responses, pressuring companies to provide better answers while navigating an uncertain legal landscape.

“Daily Listen” creates bite-size AI-generated podcasts from user history but could generate biased summaries and cut into publishers’ revenues.

A big Google decision is coming in 2025: A judge will rule in April on several DOJ proposals that Google sell Chrome and syndicate its data.

While Gemini and cloud services drive record revenues, competition and global regulatory actions threaten its monopoly, particularly in search and advertising ecosystems

By rolling out Review Insights and a conversational assistant, Yelp hopes to enhance usability, tackle review fatigue, and outmaneuver competitors in local search.

Banning Google’s search payments will threaten browser stability, push Apple to adapt, and create openings for competitors like Bing and DuckDuckGo.

A forced sale could upend Google’s ad revenue streams, alter the search landscape, and open the browser market to new competition.

The experiment gauges users’ interest in seeing news content in search results and could push publishers to evaluate their reliance on traffic and ad revenue from Google Search

New AI features increase watchtime but stoke creator concerns over incorrect summaries and ad revenue, risking content shifts to rival platforms.

Prioritizing quality over quantity, the feature hints at ChatGPT’s evolution into an all-in-one AI service.

ChatGPT’s new offering can challenge Google’s search space while expanding its appeal, positioning OpenAI for future ad revenue opportunities.

As the AI search engine raises more capital, its reliance on data scraping casts a shadow over its ambitious plans for ad-driven revenue.

If the DOJ breaks up Google, who would be king of search? A filing hinted at a potential breakup, but political uncertainties could slow plans.

A US ruling requires Google to abandon exclusivity practices, potentially empowering smaller developers to enter the Android app market more easily.