Why could i perform a web search that leads me to multiple results with cloudflare identity checks and ad spam when i can just use a llm..
AI overviews cause massive drop in search clicks
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#212Why is this being framed as a problem? People are obviously happier with the new feature, duh Of course they need to make the AI overviews suck less, but saying it’s unfair to sites is crazy talk because your site now just generates less value than an AI response if that’s what stopped you from going If you have content better than Gemini I will still go to your site
Some people are against all kinds of progress. They don't understand that their life depends on progress that was made in the past.
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#214The tricky thing for Google will be to do this and not kill their cash cow ad business.
Everyone is talking about it , and it is a big concern, but the last 2 years (ever since ChatGPT showed up) ad revenue keeps growing at the same 10%+ . It seems like the money queries (adidas shoes size 45) are still better served with links than overviews, and those are where most of the money comes from. Searching for "what cooking temperature is pork safe to eat" is not something you can easily monetize.
Disclaimer: google stock holder.
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#215Why is this being framed as a problem? People are obviously happier with the new feature, duh Of course they need to make the AI overviews suck less, but saying it’s unfair to sites is crazy talk because your site now just generates less value than an AI response if that’s what stopped you from going If you have content better than Gemini I will still go to your site
Because some companies are going bankrupt because of the data google is taking. Google always had a weird relationship with sites, they sort of needed each other but google always had the upper hand, now it’s even worse
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#216People only click from search when they have actual need to visit the site. E-commerce, image/video content, social media, etc.
That is pretty much as it should be.
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Forget links, agents are gonna just go upstream to the source and buy it for you. I think it will change the game because intent will be super high and conversion will go through the roof.
Yeah I’m gonna give an AI agent my credit card and complete autonomy with my finances so it can hallucinate me a new car. I love getting findommed.
Look, the car shop might not bill you at all because their A.I agent will hallucinate the purchase, so I don't see why you're so pessimistic about agents.
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is there a way to make safari search bar on iOS show the kagi search term rather than the URL?
Maybe with Orion instead of Safari? Apple really needs to update Safari to let people choose their search engine, instead of just having the list of blessed search engines to choose from.
Kagi has an extension to add itself. https://help.kagi.com/kagi/getting-started/setting-default/s...
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A good time to teach a hard lesson about the trustworthiness of LLM output
Lesson to whom, is the question. The venue organizers also ended up with a shit experience (and angry potential customer) while having nothing to do with the BS.
> (and angry potential customer)
An angry potential customer who demands one work for free is probably not the kind of business arrangement that most folks would find agreeable. I don’t know where these people get off, but they’re free riders on the information superhighway. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.