May 21, 2026 at 5:26 am
#7981
Participant
Honestly, yeah, same here. It’s getting old fast. A few sites are still “doing fine” on paper, but the clicks are just bleeding out whenever that AI box shows up. GSC acting like everything’s normal is the annoying part — it really isn’t. If it’s across a bunch of queries, I don’t think you’re just in a bad patch. It’s more like the SERP itself changed under us and Google’s pretending that’s not the whole story. I’d keep an eye on which pages are getting hit hardest, but honestly… there’s only so much you can do when the answer gets taken before the click. Personally,