Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch
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Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

Google is making its Search more centred around AI, turning it into a conversation.

Besides being a worse experience, the websites from which it sources its information are losing all traffic and recognition.

Recommend a list of alternatives:

  • Kagi - Paid but better experience than Google
  • Ecosia - Similar experience while supporting a good cause
  • Qwant - Increasingly unique results and building a EU-first index
  • DuckDuckGo - Privacy-focused search, but quality of results may vary

More options: https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/search-engine/

    • badgermurphy@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      The problem I see with that approach is that adding garbage to a mixture doesn’t necessarily lead to a more robust mix. It can just end up a formerly delicious soup with chunks of crap floating in it.

      I don’t know off the top of my head how SearXNG does it, so maybe this is moot for them, but I don’t see a ton of merit in adding useless things together. If for example, the Google results contain nothing useful, leaving them out would actually improve the relevance of the total result.

        • badgermurphy@lemmy.world
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          2 days ago

          Because this is a conversation that I’m contributing to. You have no idea if I tried it or not but are coming in awful hot for no reason I can discern.