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Reddit shifts toward logged-in users as Google AI search reduces referral traffic

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Reddit shares fell as the company reported that Google’s AI search features were squeezing traffic to the platform.Backed by 1 sourcesReuters Reddit plans to require more visitors to sign in and is putting its logged-in experience first as search traffic declines.Backed by 4 sourcesCNBCCNATechCrunchbusinessinsider.com

Reddit CEO Steve Huffman said Google continues to crawl Reddit and that Reddit remains a top Google search term, but Google’s AI Mode does not drive traffic to the site in the same way traditional search does.Backed by 1 sourcestheverge.com The company has linked the sign-in push to efforts to curb data scraping as well as to the weakening flow of visitors from search.Backed by 1 sourcesCNA

Google’s AI Mode is described as reducing or choking off traffic that traditional search previously sent to Reddit.Context from one sourcetwitter.com Google continues crawling Reddit even though its AI features affect the traffic reaching the platform.Context from one sourceThe Hindu

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