In March 2024, website owner Morgan McBride was posing for photos in her half-renovated kitchen for a Google ad celebrating the ways the search giant had helped her family’s business grow.
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    It’s been painful for them to watch Google’s AI Overviews parrot travel tips they once offered — especially when the chatbot borrows their Canadian slang.

    “I do feel betrayed by Google,” Bouskill said, as Corbeil interjected: “Betrayed, that’s the word.”

    To rebuild their livelihood, the couple has pivoted their efforts to YouTube, another Google-owned property.