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Google is replacing search results with only the AI (pivot-to-ai.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by dgerard@awful.systems to c/techtakes@awful.systems

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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

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[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 0 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

I think it's possible to allow google search bots but not Gemini bots?

[–] flamingos@feddit.uk 6 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

The point is that there's going to be no difference, soon Google search will be just another chatbot interface.

[–] Flax_vert@feddit.uk 2 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Guess I'll just have to use ddgo, then ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[–] flowerysong@awful.systems 1 points 4 hours ago (1 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.

[–] CinnasVerses@awful.systems 1 points 4 hours 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.