Google Analytics

The AI Effect on Click-Through Rates

At The Web Guys, we help businesses succeed online through web design and holistic search marketing. We stay on top of digital trends, ensuring our clients remain competitive in an evolving landscape. One major shift affecting businesses is the decline in both organic and paid click-through rates (CTRs) on Google—largely influenced by AI-generated overviews.

Prepare Yourself for Google’s GA4

Google very recently announced that new Search Console integration, new data-driven attribution, and new machine learning models (that are intended to help fill in gaps in measurement) are making their way to Google Analytics 4 (GA4). While Google isn’t giving us a lot of information about when the changes will be implemented, the wording of its announcement makes it clear that change is on the horizon. In fact, it is difficult to be clearer on this point than – with these additional capabilities, we encourage you to use the new Google Analytics as your primary web and app analytics solution going forward.