Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: code, cooking, travel

Re:Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: ... by nerdponx on Wednesday April 13, 2022 @11:15PM (#31023066)

I will also plug Kayak as being the only other decent flight search site.

The difference between Kayak/Google and the others is that Expedia and friends are online travel agencies. Kayak and Google are really just search engines. It makes a world of difference.

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Re:Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: ... by avrionov on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:21AM (#31023370)

Can you explain what is the difference? I suppose the flight search engines don't book the flights.

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Re:Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: ... by sdenton4 on Thursday April 14, 2022 @12:41AM (#31023474)

The travel agent wants to sell you a flight and pick up a commission. The search engine just tells you what's out there.

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Re:Three areas where Google Search lags behind competitors: ... by namdnay on Thursday April 14, 2022 @05:50AM (#31024899)

On top of querying the travel agency APIs, Kayak will also query each airline directly. So you also get fares and airlines that aren’t published to agencies

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