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Apple's Safari 27 blocks email-tracking firms while search traffic drops to 12% of publisher pageviews

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Apple's Safari 27 now blocks email-based identity tracking, while Chartbeat data shows search traffic comprises only 12% of North American publisher pageviews.

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Optimixed's original report on this story.

Apple's WebKit confirmed that Safari 27 blocks firms converting email addresses into tracking identifiers, limiting cross-site identity resolution for publishers and marketers. Separately, Chartbeat found search traffic accounted for just 12% of North American pageviews, underscoring ongoing shifts in publisher traffic composition and the reduced reliance on organic search as a traffic driver.

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