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  • Study: Google AI Favors Its Own Sites in Search Results
    March 7, 2026
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    Study: Google AI Favors Its Own Sites in Search Results

    Google's AI search now heavily cites its own properties, with Google.com being the single most cited source, representing over 17% of all citations and showing a rapid increase in self-referencing. This self-preferencing strategy encourages users to stay within Google's ecosystem, often by direct...

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  • Googlebot Leads 2025 Web Crawling Amid AI Bot Surge
    December 18, 2025
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    Googlebot Leads 2025 Web Crawling Amid AI Bot Surge

    Googlebot remained the most dominant web crawler in 2025, generating over a quarter of all verified bot traffic and exceeding the combined total of all major AI-focused crawlers. AI crawlers were the most frequently blocked by websites, with Anthropic's bot showing an exceptionally high crawl-to-...

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