<![CDATA[The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth.]]>The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. His work trains the model. The model is replacing his site. There is no credit, clicks, or revenue. This is what the "enshittification" of the open web looks like in practice.

Hard to imagine moving to Berlin without stumbling upon his guides at some point.

https://allaboutberlin.com/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/nicolasbouliane_ai-is-killing-all-about-berlin-when-you-share-7463188284924616705-I3Mn

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/ee864bb0-20e1-4d8b-9dbc-7e03fb2bc5a8/the-author-of-@allaboutberlin-on-how-google-ai-overviews-are-killing-independent-web-publishing-citing-a-70-drop-in-traffic-after-seven-years-of-steady-growth.RSS for NodeTue, 26 May 2026 21:39:50 GMTThu, 21 May 2026 15:40:07 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 21:05:39 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin truth be told in each paragraph the AI creates it also provides the source and if someone wants to read more it is possible to follow the link

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116562427991310522/statuses/116625921783485701https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116562427991310522/statuses/116625921783485701Sat, 23 May 2026 21:05:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 20:51:24 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin It would be great if there was a type of search built into browsers that looked at the content from your chosen RSS sites first before using a centralized search.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116625865723023888https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116625865723023888Sat, 23 May 2026 20:51:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 20:48:03 GMT]]>@everton137 This is so sad. This tech is anti-Web.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116625852576747416https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/tasket/statuses/116625852576747416Sat, 23 May 2026 20:48:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 20:47:37 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin
It sounds like theft,
it looks like theft,
It takes money from one person like theft,
It rots away the very base of itself like theft,
How is this not just theft?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Seruko/statuses/116625850850370754https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/Seruko/statuses/116625850850370754Sat, 23 May 2026 20:47:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 20:45:15 GMT]]>@schmaker @everton137 @allaboutberlin I think it’s a combination of laziness and ignorance. It reminds me of the early days of the web (not the internet) where domain names were just bought up, because they thought (and the users did..) they’d just type an address to find what they wanted. Instead if people had to use search engines I think we’d have a different situation nowadays.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bida.im/users/desantis/statuses/116625841563760765https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.bida.im/users/desantis/statuses/116625841563760765Sat, 23 May 2026 20:45:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 19:05:44 GMT]]>@hellomiakoda @everton137 @allaboutberlin

Exactly. Eating their own seed corn seems to be the new business model. I guess executives' the plan is to burn Google and jump clear on golden parachutes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Phosphenes/statuses/116625450237508411https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Phosphenes/statuses/116625450237508411Sat, 23 May 2026 19:05:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 18:49:26 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin Why do we act like there is only one search engine?]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://schmaker.eu/objects/c83e3896-116a-11f6-b642-948804799237https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://schmaker.eu/objects/c83e3896-116a-11f6-b642-948804799237Sat, 23 May 2026 18:49:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 18:00:59 GMT]]>@gunchleoc @allaboutberlin @everton137

Well there you go. You made a change by not using google services, therefor taking a bit of their power. 🙂

Bit by bit, individual by individual, people will switch as long as other people make notice about it, untill the critical mass is reached and the corporate is powerless.

And excactly that, is the goal of 'acting'.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://illo.social/users/itchi5/statuses/116625195614739754https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://illo.social/users/itchi5/statuses/116625195614739754Sat, 23 May 2026 18:00:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 17:55:55 GMT]]>@itchi5 You are right, but the problem is, they can't control what other people are using. They can only encourage them to switch, but not force them to do anything.

I haven't used any Google frontends in years except for the occasional YouTube.

@allaboutberlin @everton137

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/gunchleoc/statuses/116625175725889223https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/gunchleoc/statuses/116625175725889223Sat, 23 May 2026 17:55:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 17:50:57 GMT]]>@gunchleoc @allaboutberlin @everton137

Raising awareness is always good, but not looking for substitutes is just making it worse.

The gigantic corporation Google started growing with a few people, so can substitutes.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://illo.social/users/itchi5/statuses/116625156154554750https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://illo.social/users/itchi5/statuses/116625156154554750Sat, 23 May 2026 17:50:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 17:50:26 GMT]]>.org 😉

https://mastodon.online/@Pepijn/116616865563455186

@joeltruher @everton137 @allaboutberlin

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116625154121453592https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/Pepijn/statuses/116625154121453592Sat, 23 May 2026 17:50:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 16:41:13 GMT]]>@CyberPunker @scottishwildcat @NatureMC @everton137 @allaboutberlin

A long time ago, people used to hotlink to my photographs. I guess bandwidth was expensive.
I could modify an .htaccess file to serve a different, sometimes rude, photograph based on, I think (without looking stuff up and trying to understand it) referer.

Maybe something like that could be done based on ip address?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/pitchingniblick/statuses/116624881986665348https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodonapp.uk/users/pitchingniblick/statuses/116624881986665348Sat, 23 May 2026 16:41:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 15:26:46 GMT]]>@itchi5 The problem is, even if @allaboutberlin switches to using a different search engine themselves by yesterday, they can't stop anybody else from using Google as their search engine. So, raising awareness or trying to put pressure on politicians is the only thing they can do really.

@everton137

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/gunchleoc/statuses/116624589229546806https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.scot/users/gunchleoc/statuses/116624589229546806Sat, 23 May 2026 15:26:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 15:22:39 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin

Let them open an account on non-US social media, and see if Mojeek (a 100% UK searchmachine) can do something for them.

The worst thing to do is to complain (which is understandable) but then change nothing.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://illo.social/users/itchi5/statuses/116624573022970267https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://illo.social/users/itchi5/statuses/116624573022970267Sat, 23 May 2026 15:22:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 14:54:37 GMT]]>@sterpeto @everton137 @allaboutberlin

Bring back webrings. In fact, I am going to add one to my site this weekend!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/ap/users/116565844272969849/statuses/116624462821054567https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://wandering.shop/ap/users/116565844272969849/statuses/116624462821054567Sat, 23 May 2026 14:54:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 14:20:13 GMT]]>@Ooze @ayl @everton137 @allaboutberlin
I put some webring links here:
https://mastodon.ie/@dec23k/116624249351912791

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116624327526539777https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116624327526539777Sat, 23 May 2026 14:20:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 14:09:19 GMT]]>@dec23k @Steve @everton137 @allaboutberlin thanks for sharing!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ayl/statuses/116624284682024096https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/ayl/statuses/116624284682024096Sat, 23 May 2026 14:09:19 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:20 GMT]]>@Steve @ayl @everton137 @allaboutberlin
Already done:

"Before Google, before Facebook, in the internet that time forgot, we needed a way to find websites. By joining a webring with similar-themed sites we can help each other out by cross-linking between them."
https://faircamp.webr.ing/directory.html

See also:
https://waywardweb.org/
https://www.webring.gg/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116624249351912791https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/dec23k/statuses/116624249351912791Sat, 23 May 2026 14:00:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:53:24 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin Then stop supporting Google. If you're not making money from you better ignore it and do your work to be indexed by other search engines. They'll replace you anyway soon. Fuck SEO. Maybe we should come back to build curated indexes of directories.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sterpeto/statuses/116623986179152688https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/users/sterpeto/statuses/116623986179152688Sat, 23 May 2026 12:53:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:31:10 GMT]]>@everton137 This is exactly why I've stuck to native iOS apps over web tools, but even the App Store feels precarious now. Seeing years of hand-curated, high-quality work get digested into an LLM with zero return for the creator is incredibly demoralizing for any indie builder.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/ap/users/116612219711864167/statuses/116623898729843875https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/ap/users/116612219711864167/statuses/116623898729843875Sat, 23 May 2026 12:31:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:26:15 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin It's almost funny how on-the-nose another recent example is: overfishing.org. The content harvester/processor is literally overfishing the content fishery. In the real world, overfishing was allowed to happen until enough bounty was destroyed that the surviving processors recognized their doom and got laws passed to restrain each other. Is something like that possible here? It's not a perfect analogy (previously harvested fish can be endlessly recycled, the crisis is more on the margin, processor concentration is much higher), but maybe?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/joeltruher/statuses/116623879377845081https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://sfba.social/users/joeltruher/statuses/116623879377845081Sat, 23 May 2026 12:26:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:09:52 GMT]]>@everton137 @allaboutberlin
Qwant.Com
-->independence.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Charlie_House/statuses/116623814978610475https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Charlie_House/statuses/116623814978610475Sat, 23 May 2026 12:09:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 12:01:58 GMT]]>@hellomiakoda a handful of "news providers" with licensing deals, and just making stuff up

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://critter.cafe/users/irina/statuses/116623783915393116https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://critter.cafe/users/irina/statuses/116623783915393116Sat, 23 May 2026 12:01:58 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to The author of @allaboutberlin on how Google AI Overviews are killing independent web publishing, citing a 70% drop in traffic after seven years of steady growth. on Sat, 23 May 2026 11:31:42 GMT]]>@scottishwildcat
Trying to identify the AI Scraper and serve them other content than humans.
There are projects to do something like that, if i am not mistaken.

@NatureMC @everton137 @allaboutberlin

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CyberPunker/statuses/116623664911302657https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/CyberPunker/statuses/116623664911302657Sat, 23 May 2026 11:31:42 GMT