#websearch — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #websearch, aggregated by home.social.
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9to5 Google: Google rolling out new settings for Search Services History & Personalized Recommendations. “Google Search is adding two new settings related to your history and personalization. The aim is to provide users with ‘more control over saved history and personalized recommendations.’ This is rolling out over the coming weeks, and users are beginning to receive email and in-app […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/9to5-google-google-rolling-out-new-settings-for-search-services-history-personalized-recommendations/ -
Doc Searls: From Losing the Web to Saving Us All. “Everybody in the surveillance-fed advertising fecosystem already regards personal privacy as a bug, not a feature. With Big AI, the plan is to modernize that fecosystem by moving human cattle onto corporate ranches, where they can be observed more closely than ever, and advertised at with far more accuracy. This, the thinking goes, should […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/doc-searls-from-losing-the-web-to-saving-us-all/ -
The Verge: Google’s AI is sometimes confused if 2027 is next year.. “As noted on Bluesky, if you search ‘is it 2027 next year,’ Google’s AI Overviews occasionally state that 2027 is two years from now.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/28/the-verge-googles-ai-is-sometimes-confused-if-2027-is-next-year/ -
Il motore di ricerca #DuckDuckGo ha registrato quasi il 28% di visite in più dopo i commenti di #Google sulla Al Mode.
La gente non odia la tecnologia. Le persone non odiano nemmeno necessariamente l'IA. Le persone odiano l'IA imposta.
DuckDuckGo sta attirando l'attenzione perché lascia alle persone una scelta.
#tech #webSearch #ai
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/ -
Il motore di ricerca #DuckDuckGo ha registrato quasi il 28% di visite in più dopo i commenti di #Google sulla Al Mode.
La gente non odia la tecnologia. Le persone non odiano nemmeno necessariamente l'IA. Le persone odiano l'IA imposta.
DuckDuckGo sta attirando l'attenzione perché lascia alle persone una scelta.
#tech #webSearch #ai
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/ -
Il motore di ricerca #DuckDuckGo ha registrato quasi il 28% di visite in più dopo i commenti di #Google sulla Al Mode.
La gente non odia la tecnologia. Le persone non odiano nemmeno necessariamente l'IA. Le persone odiano l'IA imposta.
DuckDuckGo sta attirando l'attenzione perché lascia alle persone una scelta.
#tech #webSearch #ai
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/ -
Il motore di ricerca #DuckDuckGo ha registrato quasi il 28% di visite in più dopo i commenti di #Google sulla Al Mode.
La gente non odia la tecnologia. Le persone non odiano nemmeno necessariamente l'IA. Le persone odiano l'IA imposta.
DuckDuckGo sta attirando l'attenzione perché lascia alle persone una scelta.
#tech #webSearch #ai
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/ -
Il motore di ricerca #DuckDuckGo ha registrato quasi il 28% di visite in più dopo i commenti di #Google sulla Al Mode.
La gente non odia la tecnologia. Le persone non odiano nemmeno necessariamente l'IA. Le persone odiano l'IA imposta.
DuckDuckGo sta attirando l'attenzione perché lascia alle persone una scelta.
#tech #webSearch #ai
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/ -
PC Mag: DuckDuckGo Sees Surge in Installs After Google Goes All-In on AI Search at I/O. “At I/O last week, Google announced its biggest Search upgrade in 25 years, but few seem impressed by its new AI features. Since the event, users have been flocking to DuckDuckGo, a rival search engine that lets them disable AI features altogether.” I hope some of them are checking out the alternatives I […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/pc-mag-duckduckgo-sees-surge-in-installs-after-google-goes-all-in-on-ai-search-at-i-o/ -
PC Mag: DuckDuckGo Sees Surge in Installs After Google Goes All-In on AI Search at I/O. “At I/O last week, Google announced its biggest Search upgrade in 25 years, but few seem impressed by its new AI features. Since the event, users have been flocking to DuckDuckGo, a rival search engine that lets them disable AI features altogether.” I hope some of them are checking out the alternatives I […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/27/pc-mag-duckduckgo-sees-surge-in-installs-after-google-goes-all-in-on-ai-search-at-i-o/ -
The Register: Google is cannibalizing the web to feed AI. “Search assumes source visibility and invites searchers to consider whether they trust sites enough to visit them. It demands mental engagement and decision-making to move from a list of results to query resolution. That’s a role people should play. AI presents an answer, one that’s so easy to accept it comes with a reminder to […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/the-register-google-is-cannibalizing-the-web-to-feed-ai/ -
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media: Social and Political Framing in Search Engine Results. “While prior research has extensively examined various dimensions of search bias—such as content prioritization, indexical bias, political polarization, and sources of bias—an important question remains underexplored: how do search engines and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/proceedings-of-the-international-aaai-conference-social-and-political-framing-in-search-engine-results/ -
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media: Social and Political Framing in Search Engine Results. “While prior research has extensively examined various dimensions of search bias—such as content prioritization, indexical bias, political polarization, and sources of bias—an important question remains underexplored: how do search engines and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/proceedings-of-the-international-aaai-conference-social-and-political-framing-in-search-engine-results/ -
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media: Social and Political Framing in Search Engine Results. “While prior research has extensively examined various dimensions of search bias—such as content prioritization, indexical bias, political polarization, and sources of bias—an important question remains underexplored: how do search engines and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/proceedings-of-the-international-aaai-conference-social-and-political-framing-in-search-engine-results/ -
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media: Social and Political Framing in Search Engine Results. “While prior research has extensively examined various dimensions of search bias—such as content prioritization, indexical bias, political polarization, and sources of bias—an important question remains underexplored: how do search engines and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/proceedings-of-the-international-aaai-conference-social-and-political-framing-in-search-engine-results/ -
Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media: Social and Political Framing in Search Engine Results. “While prior research has extensively examined various dimensions of search bias—such as content prioritization, indexical bias, political polarization, and sources of bias—an important question remains underexplored: how do search engines and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/26/proceedings-of-the-international-aaai-conference-social-and-political-framing-in-search-engine-results/ -
The Verge: Google’s AI search is so broken it can ‘disregard’ what you’re looking for. “Google’s AI Overviews are running into an interesting problem right now. Earlier on Friday, if you searched for the term “disregard,” the AI Overview section would include a response like what you’d see from a more traditional AI chatbot instead of the typical AI summary, as spotted on X.” As […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/25/the-verge-googles-ai-search-is-so-broken-it-can-disregard-what-youre-looking-for/ -
CW: google AI vs. your personal webpage
Now that Google have announced their intention to discontinue Web Search, and replace it with LLM Summaries Only, I advise everyone that cares to update your robots.txt to disallow Googlebot (their original search index robot).
Because after summer, there will be no web search to index your website, the data gathered by the "good" index robot will at best be discarded, or at worst, be fed to LLMs, leading to plagiarism of your content. In either scenario, no human visitors will be guided to your website.
(If you don't want to be indexed by any search engine at all, you can disallow all robots. You can also add the
noindexmetatag to all your pages.) -
CW: google AI vs. your personal webpage
Now that Google have announced their intention to discontinue Web Search, and replace it with LLM Summaries Only, I advise everyone that cares to update your robots.txt to disallow Googlebot (their original search index robot).
Because after summer, there will be no web search to index your website, the data gathered by the "good" index robot will at best be discarded, or at worst, be fed to LLMs, leading to plagiarism of your content. In either scenario, no human visitors will be guided to your website.
(If you don't want to be indexed by any search engine at all, you can disallow all robots. You can also add the
noindexmetatag to all your pages.) -
CW: google AI vs. your personal webpage
Now that Google have announced their intention to discontinue Web Search, and replace it with LLM Summaries Only, I advice suggest to update your robots.txt to disallow Googlebot (their original search index robot).
Because after summer, there will be no web search to index your website, the data gathered by the "good" index robot will at best be discarded, or at worst, be fed to LLMs, leading to plagiarism of your content. In either scenario, no human visitors will be guided to your website.
(If you don't want to be indexed by any search engine at all, you can disallow all robots. You can also add the
noindexmetatag to all your pages.)Edit: robots.txt is not a catch-all, since it is only a suggestion for "nice" crawlers, and its instructions will be ignored by "nasty" crawlers. I reworded the post from "advice" to "suggest", since this action might not actually change anything for you.
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CW: google AI vs. your personal webpage
Now that Google have announced their intention to discontinue Web Search, and replace it with LLM Summaries Only, I advise everyone that cares to update your robots.txt to disallow Googlebot (their original search index robot).
Because after summer, there will be no web search to index your website, the data gathered by the "good" index robot will at best be discarded, or at worst, be fed to LLMs, leading to plagiarism of your content. In either scenario, no human visitors will be guided to your website.
(If you don't want to be indexed by any search engine at all, you can disallow all robots. You can also add the
noindexmetatag to all your pages.) -
CW: google AI vs. your personal webpage
Now that Google have announced their intention to discontinue Web Search, and replace it with LLM Summaries Only, I advise everyone that cares to update your robots.txt to disallow Googlebot (their original search index robot).
Because after summer, there will be no web search to index your website, the data gathered by the "good" index robot will at best be discarded, or at worst, be fed to LLMs, leading to plagiarism of your content. In either scenario, no human visitors will be guided to your website.
(If you don't want to be indexed by any search engine at all, you can disallow all robots. You can also add the
noindexmetatag to all your pages.) -
City Journal: A Mysterious Children’s Search Engine Is Misleading Kids. “While it boasts far less traffic than other search engines, Kiddle’s role in information infrastructure gives it outsize influence, as schools, libraries, and even PTAs link to the site. The International Society for Technology in Education (ITSE), an association with 100,000 education stakeholders, recommends Kiddle […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/city-journal-a-mysterious-childrens-search-engine-is-misleading-kids/ -
Bing Blogs: A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing. “Today, we’re introducing an evolution of Bing Image Search– a unique AI-guided experience that organizes results to reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed, making it easier to find what you’re looking for. Behind the scenes, AI helps make this possible by automatically labeling and organizing images into clear categories and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/bing-blogs-a-smarter-way-to-explore-images-has-come-to-bing/ -
Bing Blogs: A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing. “Today, we’re introducing an evolution of Bing Image Search– a unique AI-guided experience that organizes results to reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed, making it easier to find what you’re looking for. Behind the scenes, AI helps make this possible by automatically labeling and organizing images into clear categories and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/bing-blogs-a-smarter-way-to-explore-images-has-come-to-bing/ -
Bing Blogs: A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing. “Today, we’re introducing an evolution of Bing Image Search– a unique AI-guided experience that organizes results to reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed, making it easier to find what you’re looking for. Behind the scenes, AI helps make this possible by automatically labeling and organizing images into clear categories and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/bing-blogs-a-smarter-way-to-explore-images-has-come-to-bing/ -
Bing Blogs: A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing. “Today, we’re introducing an evolution of Bing Image Search– a unique AI-guided experience that organizes results to reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed, making it easier to find what you’re looking for. Behind the scenes, AI helps make this possible by automatically labeling and organizing images into clear categories and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/bing-blogs-a-smarter-way-to-explore-images-has-come-to-bing/ -
Bing Blogs: A Smarter Way to Explore Images Has Come to Bing. “Today, we’re introducing an evolution of Bing Image Search– a unique AI-guided experience that organizes results to reduce the feeling of being overwhelmed, making it easier to find what you’re looking for. Behind the scenes, AI helps make this possible by automatically labeling and organizing images into clear categories and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/bing-blogs-a-smarter-way-to-explore-images-has-come-to-bing/ -
Reuters: Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly. “Alphabet’s Google on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge’s ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/reuters-google-appeals-us-court-ruling-on-search-monopoly/ -
Reuters: Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly. “Alphabet’s Google on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge’s ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/reuters-google-appeals-us-court-ruling-on-search-monopoly/ -
Reuters: Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly. “Alphabet’s Google on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge’s ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/reuters-google-appeals-us-court-ruling-on-search-monopoly/ -
Reuters: Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly. “Alphabet’s Google on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge’s ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/reuters-google-appeals-us-court-ruling-on-search-monopoly/ -
Reuters: Google appeals US court ruling on search monopoly. “Alphabet’s Google on Friday appealed a Washington federal judge’s ruling that it holds illegal monopolies in online search and related advertising.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/23/reuters-google-appeals-us-court-ruling-on-search-monopoly/ -
So, with Google announcing "Search is going full-AI, we won't be sending traffic to the original sites any more", someone else pointed out that this eradication of the traditional search-engine compact - we let you crawl our sites to create your index, and you send visitors to our sites when relevant - means that we can, and should, block all of Google's crawlers now. If they're going to just take, take, take and give nothing back, why let them access your content at all?
But this is cute. Besides the fact that Google documents that some of their crawlers ignore robots.txt, there's this bit of fun. On this page (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/create-robots-txt), they link to "the Google list of user agents" (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers).
However, that links to 3 separate pages of them, and *each of those pages explicitly states that is not comprehensive, but only the ones they commonly get questions about*. And of course, none of the "User-triggered fetchers" obey robots.txt, along with some others.
So Google isn't even reporting the full list of user-agents that can be used to stop their crawling.
That is some bullshit.
#Google #crawler #RobotsTxt #UserAgent #bullshit #antisocial #web #search #WebSearch #LLM #AI
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So, with Google announcing "Search is going full-AI, we won't be sending traffic to the original sites any more", someone else pointed out that this eradication of the traditional search-engine compact - we let you crawl our sites to create your index, and you send visitors to our sites when relevant - means that we can, and should, block all of Google's crawlers now. If they're going to just take, take, take and give nothing back, why let them access your content at all?
But this is cute. Besides the fact that Google documents that some of their crawlers ignore robots.txt, there's this bit of fun. On this page (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/create-robots-txt), they link to "the Google list of user agents" (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers).
However, that links to 3 separate pages of them, and *each of those pages explicitly states that is not comprehensive, but only the ones they commonly get questions about*. And of course, none of the "User-triggered fetchers" obey robots.txt, along with some others.
So Google isn't even reporting the full list of user-agents that can be used to stop their crawling.
That is some bullshit.
#Google #crawler #RobotsTxt #UserAgent #bullshit #antisocial #web #search #WebSearch #LLM #AI
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So, with Google announcing "Search is going full-AI, we won't be sending traffic to the original sites any more", someone else pointed out that this eradication of the traditional search-engine compact - we let you crawl our sites to create your index, and you send visitors to our sites when relevant - means that we can, and should, block all of Google's crawlers now. If they're going to just take, take, take and give nothing back, why let them access your content at all?
But this is cute. Besides the fact that Google documents that some of their crawlers ignore robots.txt, there's this bit of fun. On this page (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/create-robots-txt), they link to "the Google list of user agents" (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers).
However, that links to 3 separate pages of them, and *each of those pages explicitly states that is not comprehensive, but only the ones they commonly get questions about*. And of course, none of the "User-triggered fetchers" obey robots.txt, along with some others.
So Google isn't even reporting the full list of user-agents that can be used to stop their crawling.
That is some bullshit.
#Google #crawler #RobotsTxt #UserAgent #bullshit #antisocial #web #search #WebSearch #LLM #AI
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So, with Google announcing "Search is going full-AI, we won't be sending traffic to the original sites any more", someone else pointed out that this eradication of the traditional search-engine compact - we let you crawl our sites to create your index, and you send visitors to our sites when relevant - means that we can, and should, block all of Google's crawlers now. If they're going to just take, take, take and give nothing back, why let them access your content at all?
But this is cute. Besides the fact that Google documents that some of their crawlers ignore robots.txt, there's this bit of fun. On this page (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/create-robots-txt), they link to "the Google list of user agents" (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers).
However, that links to 3 separate pages of them, and *each of those pages explicitly states that is not comprehensive, but only the ones they commonly get questions about*. And of course, none of the "User-triggered fetchers" obey robots.txt, along with some others.
So Google isn't even reporting the full list of user-agents that can be used to stop their crawling.
That is some bullshit.
#Google #crawler #RobotsTxt #UserAgent #bullshit #antisocial #web #search #WebSearch #LLM #AI
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So, with Google announcing "Search is going full-AI, we won't be sending traffic to the original sites any more", someone else pointed out that this eradication of the traditional search-engine compact - we let you crawl our sites to create your index, and you send visitors to our sites when relevant - means that we can, and should, block all of Google's crawlers now. If they're going to just take, take, take and give nothing back, why let them access your content at all?
But this is cute. Besides the fact that Google documents that some of their crawlers ignore robots.txt, there's this bit of fun. On this page (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/robots-txt/create-robots-txt), they link to "the Google list of user agents" (https://developers.google.com/crawling/docs/crawlers-fetchers/overview-google-crawlers).
However, that links to 3 separate pages of them, and *each of those pages explicitly states that is not comprehensive, but only the ones they commonly get questions about*. And of course, none of the "User-triggered fetchers" obey robots.txt, along with some others.
So Google isn't even reporting the full list of user-agents that can be used to stop their crawling.
That is some bullshit.
#Google #crawler #RobotsTxt #UserAgent #bullshit #antisocial #web #search #WebSearch #LLM #AI
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Search Engine Journal: Google Confirms May 2026 Core Update Is Now Rolling Out . “Google has begun rolling out the May 2026 core update, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. Google also announced the rollout on X through its Search Central account. The rollout may take up to two weeks to complete.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/search-engine-journal-google-confirms-may-2026-core-update-is-now-rolling-out/ -
Popping up in my Calishat Snaps: a new search engine called Slick. From the About page: “Slick is a fast, independent search engine. No tracking, no distractions, just the results you actually came for. Search without being followed. See what matters.” I did a couple of searches and results were mixed; a search for cows found me an odd variety of cow stuff but spotlighted a Canadian radio […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/spotted-in-calishat-snaps-slick-search/ -
Veronica With Four Eyes: My Experience Using Kagi Search With Low Vision. “I hadn’t realized how much the visual clutter from search engine pages was weighing on me until it was eliminated, and I have been mentioning Kagi to almost everyone I know since then. Here is an overview of my experience using Kagi Search with low vision, including tips for using Kagi search tools and information […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/veronica-with-four-eyes-my-experience-using-kagi-search-with-low-vision/ -
Search Engine Journal: Google Reveals First AI Mode Usage Numbers After One Year. “Google released a report detailing how people use AI Mode in the U.S., drawing on internal Search data and Google Trends to map search behavior one year after launch. The report, published alongside Google I/O 2026 announcements, said that AI Mode has surpassed 1 billion monthly active users globally. Queries […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/22/search-engine-journal-google-reveals-first-ai-mode-usage-numbers-after-one-year/ -
@cianmm I found out about https://openwebsearch.eu/ (@openwebsearcheu) when I was doing my studies a while ago, but I don't know how advanced it is (beta, alpha, etc.) and if/when it will be ready to actually use? 😬
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Calishat: Three Search Alternatives to Google’s Brave New AI World. “Google has made what I consider to be the terrible decision to go all-in on AI in search and there’s little I can do personally against that decision. Still, I can make alternatives. I can express my ideas in tools that I share with you. I can at least try to hold space for the idea that there are ways to perform queries and […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/21/calishat-three-search-alternatives-to-googles-brave-new-ai-world/ -
Google Search is shifting from ranked links to AI-generated answers, reducing reliance on traditional web links and publisher referrals. 🔎
The change centralizes discovery inside Google’s AI layer, raising concerns about reduced visibility for independent sites and open web access. 🌐🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
#TechNews #Google #Search #AI #WebSearch #SEO #Publishers #OpenWeb #Internet #DigitalEcosystem #InformationAccess #BigTech #Gemini #GenerativeAI #WebTraffic
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Google Search is shifting from ranked links to AI-generated answers, reducing reliance on traditional web links and publisher referrals. 🔎
The change centralizes discovery inside Google’s AI layer, raising concerns about reduced visibility for independent sites and open web access. 🌐🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
#TechNews #Google #Search #AI #WebSearch #SEO #Publishers #OpenWeb #Internet #DigitalEcosystem #InformationAccess #BigTech #Gemini #GenerativeAI #WebTraffic
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Google Search is shifting from ranked links to AI-generated answers, reducing reliance on traditional web links and publisher referrals. 🔎
The change centralizes discovery inside Google’s AI layer, raising concerns about reduced visibility for independent sites and open web access. 🌐🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
#TechNews #Google #Search #AI #WebSearch #SEO #Publishers #OpenWeb #Internet #DigitalEcosystem #InformationAccess #BigTech #Gemini #GenerativeAI #WebTraffic
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Google Search is shifting from ranked links to AI-generated answers, reducing reliance on traditional web links and publisher referrals. 🔎
The change centralizes discovery inside Google’s AI layer, raising concerns about reduced visibility for independent sites and open web access. 🌐🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
#TechNews #Google #Search #AI #WebSearch #SEO #Publishers #OpenWeb #Internet #DigitalEcosystem #InformationAccess #BigTech #Gemini #GenerativeAI #WebTraffic
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Google Search is shifting from ranked links to AI-generated answers, reducing reliance on traditional web links and publisher referrals. 🔎
The change centralizes discovery inside Google’s AI layer, raising concerns about reduced visibility for independent sites and open web access. 🌐🔗 https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
#TechNews #Google #Search #AI #WebSearch #SEO #Publishers #OpenWeb #Internet #DigitalEcosystem #InformationAccess #BigTech #Gemini #GenerativeAI #WebTraffic
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Tip of the day: If you search for something with DuckDuckGo or Kagi, you may know this trick: In addition to your search term, you type a special abbreviation to go directly to a specific page, for example !w for Wikipedia. This search mechanism ist called a bang and they’re supported in #DEVONagent Pro. #productivity #research #tipoftheday #websearch https://www.devontechnologies.com/blog/20260127-bangs-shortcuts-devonagent