Google pays around 100 publishers for AI content rights
What happened
A September 30, 2026 report says Google is paying roughly 100 digital publishers for content used in AI Overviews, AI Mode and the Gemini chatbot, less than a year into the pilot. Several small and mid-sized blogs and sites received under 0.1% of their ad revenue, with some small sites earning less than $1,000 over several months. A few publishers got $50,000 to $60,000 over a few months, and one made more than $1 million a year.
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- The DecoderGoogle is paying almost no publishers almost nothing for content used in AI answers
Google 正为 AI Overviews、AI Mode 和 Gemini 聊天机器人使用的内容向约 100 家数字出版商付费，该试点项目启动不到一年。多家中小型博客和网站获得的费用不足其广告收入的 0.1%，小型网站数月收入不到 1000 美元，而个别出版商几个月获得 5 万至 6 万美元，另有一家年收入超过 100 万美元。
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