▲ 133 ▼ Google is replacing search results with only the AI (pivot-to-ai.com) submitted 4 months ago by dgerard@awful.systems [M] to c/techtakes@awful.systems 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments replace the Web with slop https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aji8lhaV3XM&list=UU9rJrMVgcXTfa8xuMnbhAEA - video https://pivottoai.libsyn.com/20260520-google-replacing-search-results-with-only-the-ai - podcast time: 9 min 04 sec
[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 3 points 4 months ago (3 children) Guess I'll just have to use ddgo, then ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] flowerysong@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) Unfortunately DuckDuckGo sucks ass at search, even compared to how much the Google search results have degraded over time. I use the no-AI version as my primary search engine, but I have to resort to using Google to find the thing I'm looking for about 1 in 5 times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago DDG has been my main search engine for over a decade but it has degraded as it became basically a reseller of Bing results after Russia started the current phase of the Ukraine war and they stopped partnering with Yandex. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TrashGoblin@awful.systems 1 point 3 months ago Probably 2 in 5 ddg searches are worthless for me, but trying again on Google rarely if ever helps. Usually, both are returning SEO slop or Product™️ rather than the thing I was looking for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flowerysong@awful.systems 5 points 4 months ago (2 children) Unfortunately DuckDuckGo sucks ass at search, even compared to how much the Google search results have degraded over time. I use the no-AI version as my primary search engine, but I have to resort to using Google to find the thing I'm looking for about 1 in 5 times. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago DDG has been my main search engine for over a decade but it has degraded as it became basically a reseller of Bing results after Russia started the current phase of the Ukraine war and they stopped partnering with Yandex. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TrashGoblin@awful.systems 1 point 3 months ago Probably 2 in 5 ddg searches are worthless for me, but trying again on Google rarely if ever helps. Usually, both are returning SEO slop or Product™️ rather than the thing I was looking for. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 8 points 4 months ago DDG has been my main search engine for over a decade but it has degraded as it became basically a reseller of Bing results after Russia started the current phase of the Ukraine war and they stopped partnering with Yandex. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TrashGoblin@awful.systems 1 point 3 months ago Probably 2 in 5 ddg searches are worthless for me, but trying again on Google rarely if ever helps. Usually, both are returning SEO slop or Product™️ rather than the thing I was looking for. permalink fedilink source parent