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Based on my little survey, 81% believe search has become worse with the introduction of AI. (fedia.io)

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Based on my little survey, 81% believe search has become worse with the introduction of AI.

Do the search engine makers care or will they continue in the same direction?

IMHO, if you want to show something as the definite answer to a question, it better be right and not some AI generated stuff.

The goal for search should be to have the best possible search results. Typically AI generated stuff is not that. You would like the original information and not a rehash.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago

@[email protected] It's nevertheless a revolution. I use Copilot quite frequently. I like the conversational format and that it remembers context within the conversation. What I've noticed is that if I know or suspect that an answer is incorrect and say so, it'll correct itself and provide the right answer (and hopefully learn).
It's a net positive for me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

@[email protected] anybody interested in other alternatives check out stract, searchmysite, and kagi

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

@[email protected]
🥥 Eye'm old enough to remember, Jon, when search results were actually helpful, interesting, and pertinent.
Of course, Eye also remember the internet before Google. 🥥

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@[email protected] do I smell a Vivaldi Search feature in the works..? 👃

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

@[email protected] , no, I do not think so. I think there is a lot of search engines out there and it is a lot of work to build one.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@[email protected]
Define: "best possible search result" ?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

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There is a longer answer to that, but I would think that getting what you are looking for would be that.

I remember the time when Google entered the search market. At the time, some of the leading search engines listed results based on who paid most. Google changed that, but we are in some ways back to where we started?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

@[email protected]
"what you are looking for" gives more questions than answers.

The Page ranking which built Google's early success was a great innovation for its time but would be wholly unsuitable for today's world wide web.
In some ways you are correct that we are back to who pays the most, but it's not paying Google it's that SEO has become and industry, and there is no objective measure of a website's quality.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@jon which search engine do you recommend? Is Vivaldi making their own engine?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago (1 children)

@wstone , my recommendation would be to test out the options we include with Vivaldi, such as Startpage, DDG, Ecosia and Qwant, to name a few. There are other options as well. Most are using the big guys, but giving smaller players a try is what I would recommend.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

@[email protected] @[email protected] qwant is ai focused though and I find them to be pretty solid. I think Googles ai summary feature has given AI as a search complement a bad rep