Google AI search shift leaves website makers feeling ‘betrayed’

It’s been painful for them to watch Google’s AI Overviews parrot travel tips they once offered — especially when the chatbot borrows their Canadian slang.

“I do feel betrayed by Google,” Bouskill said, as Corbeil interjected: “Betrayed, that’s the word.”

To rebuild their livelihood, the couple has pivoted their efforts to YouTube, another Google-owned property.