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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

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AI Overviews Took 265 Million Monthly Clicks in One Country. The Category Breakdown Tells a Different Story.

SISTRIX dropped their March 2026 AI search analysis last week, and the headline stat hit hard: 265 million organic clicks per month are disappearing in the German market alone because of AI Overviews. Position 1 CTR collapsed from 27% to 11% when an AI Overview appears. That is a 59%