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Pricing · Lead story

G2 finds only 9% of buyers call seat pricing fair for AI agents, and 74% are ready to shop a rival at renewal

G2's 2026 AI Agents Report: just 9% of buyers call seat pricing fair, and most say they'll test a rival before their next renewal.

Sienna Mcpherson · 4 min read

Tools & Analytics

ChatGPT referral traffic fell by half this month, and it was a tracking bug, not fewer visitors

ChatGPT referral sessions in GA4 fell by nearly half in October. Four trackers traced it to a GPT-6 tagging bug, now fixed.

Sienna Mcpherson · 4 min read Search

Google puts inline links higher in AI Overviews, and preferred-source usage is up sevenfold this year

Google is placing inline links higher in AI Overviews and AI Mode, and preferred-source usage has grown 7x since January.

Sienna Mcpherson · 4 min read Tools & Analytics

Bing Webmaster Tools adds topic-level AI citation data, and shows exactly where rivals get cited and you don't

Bing's AI Performance report now groups citations by topic and flags where rivals get cited and you don't.

Sienna Mcpherson · 4 min read

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Distribution

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Pageviews.ai

A credible analytics stack without the GA4 tax: cookieless, unsampled, and an AI layer that saves real analyst time. Thin on session replay and integrations.

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News and reviews for the people who market software.

G2 finds only 9% of buyers call seat pricing fair for AI agents, and 74% are ready to shop a rival at renewal

ChatGPT referral traffic fell by half this month, and it was a tracking bug, not fewer visitors

Google puts inline links higher in AI Overviews, and preferred-source usage is up sevenfold this year

Bing Webmaster Tools adds topic-level AI citation data, and shows exactly where rivals get cited and you don't

Google Ads adds channel prioritization and budget allocation, and your current Display setup expires in February

Google is poisoning SERPs to stop scrapers, and rank trackers can't tell the difference

One briefing, every Tuesday — get the next piece first

Pageviews.ai

News and reviews for the people who market software.

G2 finds only 9% of buyers call seat pricing fair for AI agents, and 74% are ready to shop a rival at renewal

ChatGPT referral traffic fell by half this month, and it was a tracking bug, not fewer visitors

Google puts inline links higher in AI Overviews, and preferred-source usage is up sevenfold this year

Bing Webmaster Tools adds topic-level AI citation data, and shows exactly where rivals get cited and you don't

Google Ads adds channel prioritization and budget allocation, and your current Display setup expires in February

Google is poisoning SERPs to stop scrapers, and rank trackers can't tell the difference

One briefing, every Tuesday — get the next piece first

Pageviews.ai

One briefing, every Tuesday.