Saharsh Agarwal & Ananya Sen, “The Impact of Google AI Overviews on Publisher Traffic and User Experience: Evidence from a Field Experiment,” SSRN 6513059.

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Institutional position: Independent academic. Authors’ listed affiliations for the pinned working paper: Indian School of Business; Carnegie Mellon University — H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management.
Edition or revision used: Posted 3 April 2026. External working-paper revision used by the locked Claim: 8 July 2026.

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In a U.S. desktop field experiment, an AI Overview reduced outbound organic… Claim LD10-HQ-C12 (v1.0)

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Canonical label: Saharsh Agarwal & Ananya Sen, “The Impact of Google AI Overviews on Publisher Traffic and User Experience: Evidence from a Field Experiment,” SSRN 6513059.
Bibliographic pin: Posted 3 April 2026. External working-paper revision used by the locked Claim: 8 July 2026.
Persistent identifiers: SSRN abstract ID: 6513059 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.6513059
Bibliographic/source class: WORKING_PAPER
Institutional position: Independent academic. Authors’ listed affiliations for the pinned working paper: Indian School of Business; Carnegie Mellon University — H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management.
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