{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The GEO Show","title":"Reddit Says AI Mode Sends No Traffic","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/2c577545\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":869,"description":"Welcome to Episode 79 of The GEO Show, the weekly briefing on Generative Engine Optimization and AI search.\nIn this episode, Paris Childress, founder of Hop AI and co-founder of GEOforge, covers seven stories plus a lightning round.\nIn this episode:\n📉 Reddit says AI Mode sends no traffic. Google Search referrals fell by more than a million a week in October. Reddit will test a logged-in only experience in some non-US markets.\n🤖 One opt-out for AI training. Google and Microsoft will honor a shared robots.txt token that blocks AI training across vendors, and OpenAI plans to follow. It covers training only, not crawling or search eligibility.\n⚖️ Publishers put a number on AI retrieval. Digital Context Next told the court member unique visitors fell 26% from 2023 to 2025 and quoted Microsoft's \"doom loop\" warning.\n🛒 AI agents at checkout. Microsoft Clarity found checkout in about 25% of agent sessions versus 15% for humans.\n🔍 A 0.9% AI click-through estimate. Cyrus Shepard opted one site out of AI Overviews and AI Mode and still lost clicks.\n📢 ChatGPT ads grow. Wider desktop cards, multi-image ads for everyone, and creative enhancements on by default.\n✈️ Travel answers favor booking sites. BrightEdge found booking platforms in 38% of booking-stage answers.\nWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/L8xNSUSfUD8\nSubscribe wherever you listen and on YouTube for the weekly GEO briefing.\n💬 Question: If AI's favorite citation source says AI Mode sends no traffic, what should everyone else expect?","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/7cDHOTKwTPJbamMzkSU5XMeYqbfRSPk5nMQ6zhbTeaI/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9kY2Ri/MGIyZjViNzJiODc5/ZGM5MmJhYmE4NmYx/MTVhYy5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}