

The Psychology of AI Search: How Behavioural Economics Explains the New Rules of Online Conversion
In a recent paper for my Master of Behavioural Economics at UTS, I explored a topic at the core of a seismic shift in the online economy: the intersection of AI, human decision-making, and the future of search. The findings reframe a problem causing widespread anxiety across digital marketing: the Great Decoupling – where website impressions stay high, or even rise, while clicks plummet. This is happening because AI…
Beyond the Click: The New Currencies of the AI Search Era
FFor the last two decades, the digital economy has run on a simple transaction: the click. But that era is ending. With the rise of Google’s AI Overviews, which deliver direct answers to user questions, the fundamental trigger for online advertising – the user click – is becoming obsolete. My recent academic research, as part of my Master of Behavioural Economics at UTS, delves into a phenomenon the industry…