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The End of Google: How AI Is Transforming the Buyer Journey

The firms and vendors who adapt will stop chasing page-one rankings and start competing for something more powerful: inclusion in the generative responses that shape buyer perceptions and decisions. That is the new measure of influence in a self-service world.

6 minute read September 01, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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Patricia Nagy
The End of Google: How AI Is Transforming the Buyer Journey

For more than a decade, Google was the default gateway to inbound leads. Law firms built content strategies around page-one rankings, and legal technology companies poured budget into paid search ads because visibility at the top of the results meant visibility in the pipeline.

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