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Google Shopping Ads See Reverse Crocodile Effect as AI Overviews Squeeze Organic

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New data shows Google Shopping Ads are gaining impressions and clicks as AI Overviews displace organic results.

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According to new data cited by SERoundtable, Google Shopping Ads are experiencing an inverse effect from the traffic displacement caused by AI Overviews—while organic search has seen the crocodile effect (reduced impressions and clicks from AI Overviews taking real estate), Shopping Ads are actually gaining both impressions and click-through rates as Google's AI Overviews reshape search results layout.

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