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beep@piefed.world to deGoogle@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 2 months ago

Google is automatically expanding AI Overviews on some search queries, pushing users into AI mode by default, without requiring the user to click the "Show more" button. Burying search results under

i.ibb.co

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Google is automatically expanding AI Overviews on some search queries, pushing users into AI mode by default, without requiring the user to click the "Show more" button. Burying search results under

i.ibb.co

beep@piefed.world to deGoogle@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish · 2 months ago
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cross-posted from: https://piefed.world/c/tech/p/1371599/google-is-automatically-expanding-ai-overviews-on-some-search-queries-pushing-users-into

This is not good for publishers, not good at all.

Before the change:

After the change:

Source: Search Engine Roundtable.

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    Sundar Pichai is a terrible person.

  • Albbi@piefed.ca
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    I stopped using Google as soon as they started with those AI summaries. Definitely started my path to fully degoogling.

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      I stopped using Google when I realized what their business model is.

      pigs and the free model

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    Don’t. Use. Google.

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    Eat it!! Eat it!!!

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    and now for the solution: https://tenbluelinks.org/

    I switched my default search engine to https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

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