Search Engine Roundtable

Google AdSense New Privacy Law & Opt-Out Mechanism

Google AdSense has added new universal opt-out mechanisms and privacy controls due to new laws they must adhere to. These go across several US states. Google posted about Universal Opt-Out Mechanism ...
9to5google

Google’s AI Mode is ‘the definition of theft,’ publishers say, opt-out was considered

The AI takeover of Search is in full swing, especially as Google’s new AI Mode is going live for all US users. But for publishers, this continues the existential crisis around how Google Search is ...
Search Engine Roundtable

Google Exploring Ways To Allow Sites To Opt Out Of AI Overviews & AI Mode

Google just announced it is looking into ways to allow websites to specifically opt out of Google using its content in the Search generative AI features such as AI Overviews and AI Mode. This comes ...
CNET

Google Considers Letting Websites Opt Out of Having Content Scraped for AI Overviews

Google's polarizing generative AI summaries that appear at the top of search results are particularly unpopular among publishers. Regulatory intervention in the UK may offer them a way out. Katie is a ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Google Can Train Search AI With Web Content After AI Opt-Out

Google can train its search-specific AI products, like AI Overviews, on content across the web even when the publishers have chosen to opt out of training Google’s AI products, a vice-president of ...
Android

UK Publishers Demand Google an AI Overviews Opt-Out Option

UK publishers are demanding an opt-out from Google’s AI Overviews in search. They argue these AI summaries reduce website traffic and revenue, echoing an earlier antitrust complaint from EU publishers ...
Gizmochina

Google may let websites opt out of AI Overviews after UK pressure

Google is exploring new options to allow websites and publishers to opt out of having their content used in AI Overviews. The move comes after the UK government urged the company to provide more ...