Post by @everton137@social.vivaldi.net

@everton137@social.vivaldi.net · 1 hour ago

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

#AI #OpenKnowledge #Berlin #Google #Enshittification #OpenWeb #IndieWeb

AI is killing All About Berlin. When you Googled something, you used to get a link to my website. Now you get an AI-generated answer trained on my work.

This has a devastating impact on traffic. It's hard to fund my work with 70% fewer visitors. In another year, it will be impossible. Instead of writing new guides, I spend my days preparing for that future.

Yesterday, Google announced two things: AI-generated answers will completely replace search results, and AI-generated answers will soon contain ads.

This is the future of the web. I don't know where All About Berlin fits in that future. — AI is killing All About Berlin. When you Googled something, you used to get a link to my website. Now you get an AI-generated answer trained on my work. This has a devastating impact on traffic. It's hard to fund my work with 70% fewer visitors. In another year, it will be impossible. Instead of writing new guides, I spend my days preparing for that future. Yesterday, Google announced two things: AI-generated answers will completely replace search results, and AI-generated answers will soon contain ads. This is the future of the web. I don't know where All About Berlin fits in that future.

#indieweb #enshittification #google #openweb #openknowledge #ai #berlin

Petra van Cronenburg

@NatureMC@mastodon.online · 1 hour ago

@everton137 He's not alone. @allaboutberlin
It happens to all websites, to podcasts, to books in online shops since years, because they become more and more invisible in search. And even before Google's new plans we have the AI-slop scam websites, copied websites, stolen identities, #AIslop fake books.

We urgently need regulations! I can't imagine that what Google plans would be legal in the EU. Our politicians sleep ...

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