I launched CitationIQ.com recently. Over the last two weeks, my logs claimed 33 AI assistants visited, a little better than two a day. That number is a lie. The real number? Six. Googlebot looked worse. Of 799 requests carrying its name, only 107 were real, though we all know scammers love to spoof Googlebot. And […]
Google Desktop CTR Climbs While Mobile Dips, Report Finds
Click-through rates for desktop and mobile are moving in opposite directions, according to the new data from Advanced Web Ranking. The direction here, especially on desktop, runs counter to the recent narrative in recent CTR reporting. Organic clicks have been eroding overall as AI Overviews expanded, a pattern we’ve covered here using AWR’s data as […]