TechGoogle’s early effort to pay websites for AI answers is struggling

Google is testing payments to publishers whose content materially contributes to Gemini-powered search answers, but the reported payouts are tiny—about one-tenth of one percent of participating publishers’ advertising revenue. Several larger publishers have reportedly declined to join, hoping to pressure Google into offering a better deal.

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