Test: With AI Overviews Cutting CTR ~58%, Do Sites Still Get Cited by ChatGPT?
r/SaaS·low signal
Building on an Ahrefs finding that AI Overviews cut click-through rates by roughly 58%, a builder ran a test of whether sites that lose clicks still get cited inside ChatGPT answers. The experiment probes the emerging 'answer-engine optimization' question: visibility now means being a cited source, not a ranked link. It's an early-signal data point for anyone whose distribution depends on search traffic.