{"id":7388,"date":"2026-04-29T08:36:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:36:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7388"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:36:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T00:36:28","slug":"google-click-through-rates-improving-for-organic-results-with-ai-overviews","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/longzhuplatform.com\/?p=7388","title":{"rendered":"Google Click Through Rates Improving For Organic Results With AI Overviews"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p> <div> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.seroundtable.com\/google-cursor-1777069282.jpg\" style=\"max-width:100%\" alt=\"Google Cursor\" title=\"Google Click Through Rates Improving For Organic Results With AI Overviews\u63d2\u56fe\" \/><\/p> <p>Google may be doing something right with improving the click-through rates from the organic search results page that contain AI Overviews. An update report shows the CTR is improving, after numerous times showing the CTR has been declining. <\/p> <p>The low (I believe) was in July 2025 with a 0.57% CTR. Now, in February 2026, it is showing a 2.4% CTR. Although, the new chart says July was 1.8%, so I am not sure. <\/p> <p>In any event, here is the new data from Seer Interactive:<\/p> <p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.seroundtable.com\/seer-google-aio-ctr-data-1777069861.png\" style=\"max-width:100%\" alt=\"Seer Google Aio Ctr Data\" title=\"Google Click Through Rates Improving For Organic Results With AI Overviews\u63d2\u56fe1\" \/><\/p> <p>Seer wrote:<\/p> <blockquote><p>After 18 months of tracking CTR decline across AI Overview queries, something unexpected happened in early 2026: the trend reversed. Organic CTR on AIO-present queries climbed from a floor of 1.3% in December 2025 to 2.4% in February 2026. The decline didn\u2019t level, but instead bounced back a little, and is closer to the January\u201925 CTR of 3.2 than the December\u201925 floor.<\/p><\/blockquote> <p>I did ask for clarification on the CTR changes from one report to the next&#8230;<\/p> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\"> <p lang=\"qme\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"qme\">\ud83d\udc40\ud83d\udc40 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X2T5d1B5Yw\">pic.twitter.com\/X2T5d1B5Yw<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 Gagan Ghotra (@gaganghotra_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gaganghotra_\/status\/2047815916583567377?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"> <p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" xml:lang=\"en\">Looks like CTR for AIOs is coming back from a low of 1.3% CTR in Dec 2025 to 2.4% in Feb 2026. We looked at about 2 Billion impressions&#8230; check the whole study: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qB32orXAkD\">pic.twitter.com\/qB32orXAkD<\/a><\/p> <p>\u2014 Wil Reynolds (@wilreynolds) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/wilreynolds\/status\/2047780901199729091?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 24, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote> <p>Forum discussion at X.<\/p> <\/p><\/div> <p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>#Google #Click #Rates #Improving #Organic #Results #Overviews1777422988<\/p> ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Google may be doing something right with improving the click-through rates from the organic search results page that contain AI Overviews. An update report shows the CTR is improving, after numerous times showing the CTR has been declining. The low (I believe) was in July 2025 with a 0.57% CTR. 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