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.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/47107360

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/

  • Photonic@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    2 days ago

    What makes it worth it to you over something like Ecosia?

    Also, I’m on the fence about startpage. They were Dutch but were bought by an American advertising company.

    • Scrollone@feddit.itEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Qwant is French and they’ve been partnering with Ecosia to build a European index.

    • Foreigner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 days ago

      I’ve used both Ecosia and Kagi and find the former gives me too many irrelevant results compared to Kagi. Recently though Kagi has been giving me some funky results but it doesn’t happen very often.