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Your Page Ranks in the Top 10. AI Overviews Still Ignore It.

Ranking well and getting cited are increasingly separate problems.

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AI Overviews Cut Clicks by 58%. The Damage Isn't Spread Evenly.

The first major Ahrefs study in April 2025 put the AI Overviews click loss at 34.5%. The December update pushed it to 58%. If you run SEO for a health publisher or a B2B SaaS blog, that number probably matches what you've been watching in Search Console

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Google's March Core Update Handed the NYT and Guardian Another Win

Google finished rolling out its March 2026 core update on April 8. Twelve days, four hours, and the results look almost identical to the last three core updates. The New York Times gained the most visibility in the US. The Guardian gained the most in the UK. And smaller publishers