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zero-click search

noun \ˈzē-rō ˈklik ˈsərch\
TopicBuilding with AI First known use2019 Senses1
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Definition of zero-click search

  1. : a search where the user gets the answer directly on the results page, increasingly from an AI-written summary, and never clicks through to any website

    • Zero-click search cut the recipe blog's traffic in half.
    • Publishers argue that zero-click search uses their work without sending readers back.

Origin & history

first known use2019

Used by search marketers from around 2019 for featured snippets; it became a crisis term for publishers once AI summaries appeared at the top of search results.

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