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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by tyfon on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:14AM (#44668286)
The banner is not the problem, the predatory tracking by webpages are. You can make a webpage without it no problem, my home page does not have it.
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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by Voultapher on Thursday July 24, 2025 @04:48AM (#44668513)
To add onto it the do-not-track header can be used to signal an opt out. There needs to be a browser wide setting that is communicated to websites without user interaction. Some German court even ruled that Linkdin IIRC has to respect DNT for that.
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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by nightfly on Thursday July 24, 2025 @05:07AM (#44668627)
The banners themselves are ugly and can fill almost half the screen

Even website makers who don't use predatory tracking end up including them as a CYA tactic

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Re:AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks by plemer on Thursday July 24, 2025 @08:40AM (#44669943)
Yes, but is your webpage profitable?
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