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How much organic traffic are small business websites losing since Google started using AI overviews for local service searches?

ChatGPTgpt-62 queries11/1/2026
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Fan-out diagram

The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.

SEED QUERY
How much organic traffic are small business websites losing since Google started using AI overviews for local service searches?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
Google AI Overviews local search organic traffic click-through rate study small business websites 2026Google ↗
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Google AI Overviews impact organic clicks local service businesses traffic study 2025 2026Google ↗
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Badge and edge weight = share of passes that produced the query. Hover a query for its intent and routing format.

Query classes

Google's semantic query class for every sub-query: what kind of answer each search is after, simulated vs real.

ChatGPT real searches (2)
Short factOther / navigationalComparisonConsequence50%Reason50%DefinitionInstructionYes / no

Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 1 of 2 calls are low-confidence (under 50%) — hover a query in the table to see its confidence.

Searches and sources

ChatGPT2 real searches · gpt-6
Google AI Overviews local search organic traffic click-through rate study small business websites 2026 Google ↗
Google AI Overviews impact organic clicks local service businesses traffic study 2025 2026 Google ↗

Queries

2 queries · click a column to sort
Query / typeSearchIntentQuery classRouting formatClusterFreq ↓Weight
Google AI Overviews local search organic traffic click-through rate study small business websites 2026
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—Reason——1x
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Google AI Overviews impact organic clicks local service businesses traffic study 2025 2026
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Google ↗
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—Consequence——1x
of 1