The latest articles on DEV Community by Göksu Güneş (@publictechnews). https://dev.to/publictechnews https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3978354%2F0027c590-4778-4f55-a271-ebdc3c40d6bb.jpg https://dev.to/publictechnews en Göksu Güneş Mon, 22 Jun 2026 07:08:26 +0000 https://dev.to/publictechnews/is-google-dead-how-ai-chatbots-are-quietly-replacing-s-inf https://dev.to/publictechnews/is-google-dead-how-ai-chatbots-are-quietly-replacing-s-inf <p>Remember when Googling something was as natural as breathing?</p> <p>I've been tracking my own behavior lately — and I noticed something uncomfortable: I haven't typed a query into Google in three days. Not because I forgot it exists. Because ChatGPT, Claude, and Perplexity just... answered faster.</p> <p>And I'm not alone.</p> <p>A recent shift is happening at infrastructure level. OpenAI's search traffic is growing faster than any search engine in history. Meanwhile, Google's click-through rates are quietly dropping as AI Overviews eat the top of every SERP.</p> <p>The real question isn't "is Google dying?"</p> <p>It's: what happens to the open web when nobody clicks through anymore?</p> <ul> <li>Publishers lose traffic → less incentive to produce original content</li> <li>AI trains on that content → quality degrades over time</li> <li>Users get worse answers → loop closes</li> </ul> <p>Some call this the <strong>AI content collapse</strong>. Others call it evolution.</p> <p>I write about this stuff at <a href="https://publictechnews.com" rel="noopener noreferrer">PublicTechNews.com</a> — but I'm genuinely curious what developers think. You build for the web. Does this shift change how you think about SEO, discoverability, or even why you publish?</p> <p><strong>Drop your take below</strong> 👇</p> ai webdev discuss technology