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Crunchbase decline is also framed as possible displacement by ChatGPT and AI Overviews for company information lookup.

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Crunchbase's organic traffic has absolutely fallen off a cliff. Here's what the SEO community thinks happened to them. A few people think their traffic was coming from people searching for company names. You'd search for a company name, you would get the Crunchbase profile, but not anymore. People think that they off walled a bunch of data points that use...

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Crunchbase's organic traffic has absolutely fallen off a cliff. Here's what the SEO community...

@@build_in_public · 2025-11-12

Crunchbase's organic traffic has absolutely fallen off a cliff. Here's what the SEO community thinks happened to them. A few people think their traffic was coming from people searching for company names. You'd search for a company name, you would get the Crunchbase profile, but not anymore. People think that they off walled a bunch of data points that use...

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Crunchbase's organic traffic has absolutely fallen off a cliff. Here's what the SEO community thinks happened to them. A few people think their traffic was coming from people searching for company names. You'd search for a company name, you would get the Crunchbase profile, but not anymore. People think that they off walled a bunch of data points that used to be freely available. You think you're gonna learn about a company, it's behind a paywall or you have to give your email in order to get it. You bounce. The...