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What should I tell my professor about how zero-click AI searches are forcing brands to shift their budgets from paid search to digital PR?
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Fan-out diagram
The searches the AI actually ran for this prompt.
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What should I tell my professor about how zero-click AI searches are forcing brands to shift their budgets from paid search to digital PR?
2 real searches · 1 real-search pass
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)
Classes come from the query-classifier (a local Laya model). 2 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
2025 2026 zero-click searches AI Overviews paid search budgets digital PR brand visibility research Google ↗
zero-click search AI Overviews impact paid search advertising budgets digital PR earned media brand citations study Google ↗
- Google zero-click searches reach 68% in early 2026: Study · searchengineland.com
- AI search challenges brands to rethink SEO and zero-click visibility · digiday.com
- How B2B and DTC brands are responding to zero-click search era · digiday.com
- Goodbye Clicks, Hello AI: Zero-Click Search Redefines Marketing · bain.com
- Google AI Overviews Decoded · spiegel.medill.northwestern.edu
- ChatGPT draws more paid clicks from Google than any other top destination · searchengineland.com
- Zero-click reality has rewritten the rules of search for brands · digiday.com
- AI Overviews are expanding across commercial intent search [Study] · semrush.com
Queries
2 queries · click a column to sort
| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2025 2026 zero-click searches AI Overviews paid search budgets digital PR brand visibility research OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
zero-click search AI Overviews impact paid search advertising budgets digital PR earned media brand citations study OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | Reason | — | — | 1x of 1 |