BEWARE OF THE GOOGLE AI SALESMAN AND ITS CRONIES

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Google's AI Overviews prioritize sponsored content and ads. It often pushes biased or fake product recommendations sourced mostly from manufacturers and sponsored reviews. This focus on advertising revenue harms independent websites, whose search traffic declines while Reddit threads filled with affiliate spam surge. Users should fact-check AI answers and log out of Google accounts for clearer results.