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The World's Largest Search Doesn't Want You to Search

The Honest Broker • 45746 implied HN points • 19 Feb 25
🕹 Technology Search Engines AI Digital Platforms Privacy Data Management
  1. Search engines, especially Google, are moving away from their main job of helping people find information. Instead, they want to keep users on their platforms with AI results that don’t always give good answers.
  2. Google prioritizes its advertising and profitability over providing reliable search results. People often end up with low-quality information or ads instead of what they are really looking for.
  3. Many users are losing trust in Google and other big tech companies because they feel the platforms are not serving their needs. If this trend continues, it could lead to serious consequences for these companies.

Google Search, SearchGPT, and SerpAPI

Encyclopedia Autonomica • 19 implied HN points • 02 Nov 24
🕹 Technology Search Engines AI Information Retrieval Web Development Data science
  1. Google Search is becoming less reliable due to junk content and SEO tricks, making it harder to find accurate information.
  2. SearchGPT and similar tools are different from traditional search engines. They retrieve information and summarize it instead of just showing ranked results.
  3. There's a risk that new search tools might not always provide neutral information. It's important to ensure that users can still find quality sources without bias.

Will Search Engine Traffic Really Drop 25% by 2026, As Gartner Predicts?

Big Technology • 6004 implied HN points • 15 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Search Engines AI Predictions Business impact Content Strategy
  1. Gartner predicts a 25% drop in traditional search engine traffic by 2026, with AI chatbots and virtual agents gaining more traction.
  2. The decline in search engine traffic could significantly impact major players like Google and potentially lead to a shift in web navigation towards chatbots and away from traditional search.
  3. The prediction of a decline in search traffic raises questions about the future of web content strategy and the role of individual web pages in the era of AI-driven answer engines.

New cracks emerge in Elon Musk's Twitter

Platformer • 3164 implied HN points • 24 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Social media Software E-commerce Search Engines AI
  1. Twitter employees faced disruptions like Slack going down and Jira not working, causing frustration and questions about payment.
  2. Elon Musk announced plans to open source Twitter's algorithm, but doubts arise among employees about the transparency and actual release of the code.
  3. Twitter's performance has been degrading, with issues like increased latency during peak usage times, including events like the Super Bowl and a Twitter outage in Asia.

Import AI 374: China's military AI dataset; platonic AI; brainlike convnets

Import AI • 339 implied HN points • 27 May 24
🕹 Technology AI Research Search Engines Neural Networks Tech Policy
  1. UC Berkeley researchers discovered a suspicious Chinese military dataset named 'Zhousidun' with specific images of American destroyers, presenting potential implications for military use of AI.
  2. Research suggests that as AI systems scale up, their representations of reality become more similar, with bigger models better approximating the world we exist in.
  3. Convolutional neural networks are shown to align more with primate visual cortexes than transformers, indicating architectural biases that can lead to better understanding the brain.
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Folk search engines

escape the algorithm • 878 implied HN points • 20 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Search Engines Algorithms Social media
  1. Consider using small, alternative search engines for more unique and diverse results.
  2. Explore unconventional search methods, even on mainstream search engines like Google, to find less algorithm-optimized content.
  3. Utilize platforms like Reddit, Facebook Groups, and Discord for searching as they offer distinct content and avoid heavy SEO tactics.

⬜ Beyond the search engine

One Thing • 573 implied HN points • 01 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Search Engines Algorithms Internet Social media Data Privacy
  1. Utilize small, alternative search engines that offer unique approaches not influenced by market trends
  2. Consider using unconventional methods when searching, such as leveraging platforms like Reddit for information
  3. Prioritize authentic search experiences, focusing on genuine connections and unique discoveries rather than catering solely to algorithms

DuoLingo's monetization machine and Google banishes blue links

Department of Product • 648 implied HN points • 18 May 23
🕹 Technology Startups AI Monetization Voice technology Search Engines
  1. Google is changing its search results page to prioritize AI-generated information over blue links, presenting a strategic dilemma for tech companies.
  2. DuoLingo saw impressive revenue growth thanks to their new monetization machine, DuoLingo Max, leveraging proprietary machine learning models and GPT-4.
  3. A new startup, Async, aims to streamline asynchronous voice communication for corporate environments, offering a potential solution for message management overload.

Console #195 -- Top open source projects of the week 🎉

Console • 354 implied HN points • 05 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Open Source Search Engines Finance AI Tools
  1. This post features top open source projects of the week on search engines, finance, and AI tools.
  2. Highlighted projects include Stract - a web search engine, Rye - offering a Hassle-Free Python Experience, and Maybe - an OS for personal finances.
  3. Additional projects like Pkl, Fabric, and WhisperKit are also showcased with their unique features.

The Future of Search and How You Can Shape It

Gradient Flow • 199 implied HN points • 23 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AI Search Engines Machine Learning Data Engineering Cloud Computing
  1. The blend of artificial intelligence and chatbot interfaces, like seen in ChatGPT, is transforming search applications, with startups emphasizing large language models for better search experiences.
  2. Expectations around user interactions with company websites are changing with the rise of chatbot-equipped search engines, requiring integration of AI and foundation models for improved responses incorporating text, images, videos, and audio.
  3. Data and AI teams are crucial in developing, testing, and maintaining next-generation search applications, with companies likely seeking more control over their data and the potential creation of custom models for enhanced privacy and innovation.

Invecchiare al tempo della rete: conversazione con Massimo Mantellini

Vincos Newsletter • 117 implied HN points • 18 Feb 23
🕹 Technology AI Social media E-commerce Search Engines Streaming platforms
  1. In the world of technology, the impact of aging in a youthful online environment is an interesting topic to explore.
  2. Marketing experts continue to develop strategies despite economic uncertainties, emphasizing the need to adapt and innovate.
  3. Recent developments in social media platforms like Instagram and TikTok highlight the evolving landscape of features and functionalities to enhance user experiences.

📈 Chartpack - Monetization models (part 2)

Department of Product • 117 implied HN points • 02 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Monetization Generative AI Search Engines Advertising
  1. Google heavily relies on advertising, with search and YouTube being significant sources of revenue.
  2. Generative AI could pose a threat to Google's search business model by providing all answers directly, potentially decreasing the need for users to click on search results.
  3. Microsoft's strategic partnership with Bing and OpenAI is seen as a move to challenge Google's search business, focusing on software subscriptions.

⚡️ Stability for Blender, AI summarisation now in Brave

aidaily • 39 implied HN points • 03 Mar 23
🕹 Technology AI Search Engines
  1. Brave Search has launched a new AI-powered summarization feature.
  2. Stability AI has introduced a free tool for Blender, allowing users to create AI-based textures and effects without the need for a skilled 2D artist.
  3. Various AI tools are available for tasks like image editing, font pairing, website scraping, legal document summarization, and voice transformation.

Practico-inertia

Internal exile • 29 implied HN points • 01 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Generative models Search Engines Language Models
  1. Generative models like Google's Gemini can create controversial outputs, raising questions about the accuracy and societal impact of AI-generated content.
  2. Users of generative models sometimes mistakenly perceive the AI output as objective knowledge, when it is actually a reflection of biases and prompts.
  3. The use of generative models shifts power dynamics and raises concerns about the control of reality and information by technology companies.

Bing loses to Google.. yet again

Power Platform News • 19 implied HN points • 14 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Search Engines Artificial Intelligence Web Browsers Tech Companies
  1. Microsoft's Bing lost search market share to Google despite integrating ChatGPT, showing the importance of user experience and seamless integration.
  2. Different goals between Microsoft's Bing and OpenAI led to challenges in delivering a cohesive product with ChatGPT, impacting user adoption.
  3. Microsoft's investment in OpenAI's ChatGPT has brought benefits despite Bing's market share loss, highlighting the strategic value of partnerships and diversified products.

The Daily Me sets sail and promptly runs aground on the shoals of targeted advertising

Perfecting Equilibrium • 19 implied HN points • 19 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Advertising Search Engines Artificial Intelligence Business Models
  1. Marketers can struggle to convert knowledge about their audience into effective sales strategies.
  2. Google revolutionized search by categorizing web pages based on context, not just keywords.
  3. Tech giants focusing on targeted advertising saw backlash and trillions in market value loss.

Reddit's Rise to Search Dominance

Jay's Data Stream • 5 implied HN points • 29 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Search Engines Artificial Intelligence User Generated Content
  1. Reddit's partnership with Google for AI training is a significant step in the tech world.
  2. Google's support for forums in search results has increased traffic to various sites, including Reddit, Quora, and LinkedIn.
  3. Despite Reddit's rise in search dominance, there are concerns about the quality of search results and the potential impact on SERP integrity.

How Google Profits from AI-Powered Search, While Killing SEO

Enterprise AI Trends • 2 HN points • 16 May 24
🕹 Technology AI Trends Search Engines Google SEO Cloud Computing
  1. Google's AI-powered search, known as SGE, may hurt small publishers but boost Google's own profits. It reduces the number of visible links, pushing advertisers to pay more for visibility.
  2. By integrating generative AI into search, Google can use its large user base to enhance its own cloud services and chip sales, gaining an edge over competitors.
  3. Google needs to carefully deploy AI features to avoid overwhelming users, especially for complex queries, while also being mindful of its most profitable keywords.

AI is Revolutionizing Search but Also Bringing a Major Problem

Jeff’s Substack • 1 HN point • 29 Mar 24
🕹 Technology AI Search Engines Content Generation Tech Companies AI Applications
  1. Artificial intelligence is changing the way we search for information by providing direct answers instead of links, decreasing reliance on traditional search methods.
  2. AI-generated content is abundant online but varies in quality, affecting the usefulness of search results and potentially disrupting the balance between publishers, tech giants, and advertisers.
  3. The rise of AI tools like GPT-4 and platforms like Reddit faces challenges and changes traditional online interactions and communities, leading to shifts in websites and businesses.

ChatGPT and Search: Part 2

From First Principles • 1 HN point • 13 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Search Engines Artificial Intelligence Voice Assistants Mobile technology Advertising
  1. Google thrived by putting the user experience first, compared to competitors that were distracted by various things.
  2. Google's innovative search features, clean user interface, and strong search quality helped it maintain supremacy over rivals like Yahoo! and Bing.
  3. Facebook was not a significant threat to Google Search; Google survived challenges from mobile devices by launching features tailored for mobile search.

A Story of Failure; BASE Tech: Full Text Search Engines

Become a Senior Engineer • 0 implied HN points • 14 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Engineering Search Engines Software Data Analysis Development
  1. Mistakes happen in engineering, and it's important to have a positive culture that supports learning from failures without blame.
  2. Implementing a full-text search engine in your app can greatly enhance the search experience for users by offering advanced features like relevance ranking and language analysis.
  3. When adding a full-text search feature, make sure to gather requirements, choose the right engine, build a robust implementation plan, and continuously test and optimize for performance and user feedback.

Bu`ng hay..."no^?"?

Thái | Hacker | Kỹ sư tin tặc • 0 implied HN points • 17 Jan 08
🕹 Technology Search Engines Language processing
  1. The dominance of Google and Yahoo in Vietnam is strong due to their products meeting the needs of users. Changing user habits is difficult, especially on a large scale.
  2. Vietnamese search companies highlight their ability to process Vietnamese language as an advantage over Google and Yahoo, but teaching computers to understand Vietnamese is complex and challenging.
  3. For Vietnamese search engines to compete with global giants like Google and Yahoo, they need to leverage local advantages like providing detailed local information and maps.

RAG to riches - the business model for the generative internet

Steven’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 26 Oct 23
🕹 Technology AI Search Engines Digital Publishing Advertising
  1. Generative search engines are changing how we consume information and threatening the traditional publisher advertising model.
  2. A new business model of programatic RAG royalties is seen as a solution to AI scraping, involving AI sharing revenue with content sources.
  3. Challenges in implementing a RAG royalty network include trust issues, measuring content value, and determining fair royalties for different publishers.

[ The Process] : How Small Startups Can Thrive and Compete with Big Tech

Makers Station • 0 implied HN points • 18 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Startups AI Search Engines
  1. Small startups can compete with big tech by setting themselves apart with unique features and offerings.
  2. Identifying niche markets and creating products that can't easily be replicated is a great strategy for startups to compete against big tech.
  3. Offering unique value, analyzing competitors' weaknesses, and providing real added value are crucial for startups to stand out and succeed in the market.

All those Snapchats may cause your soul to rot.

Links I Would Gchat You If We Were Friends • 0 implied HN points • 03 Mar 16
🕹 Technology Social media Search Engines Tech development Internet culture Media platforms
  1. Snapchat's design attracts young users with its intentionally light-hearted approach.
  2. Google's search results sometimes favor pirated content over original creators, like in the case of porn producers.
  3. Simple memes, like 'the dress' online debate, can spark significant scientific curiosity and questioning.