Re:Google I/O: Big changes coming for SEOs with ubiquitous AI
by sramam on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:22PM
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> Perhaps AI features will become browser features instead, complementing websites, not replacing them.
Interesting conclusion.
AI features seem to incur more cost than search (don't they?!)
Wonder how that'll play out - the user is conditioned not to pay at this point, and the search engine is no longer incentivized to pay for it.
Re:Google I/O: Big changes coming for SEOs with ubiquitous AI
by x0x0 on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:28PM
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I actually think this is what prevented Google from deploying generative AI before. If the search engine, which existed to direct searchers to websites, becomes an answer engine, which does not direct people to websites, it will take some time, but large quantities of the sites Google consumes will cut them off.
The trade is info to Google for visitors. It's not hard to guess how sites will react when that trade stops.
Re:Google I/O: Big changes coming for SEOs with ubiquitous AI
by webmobdev on Wednesday May 10, 2023 @10:43PM
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> More likely, Google and Bing will continue to play fair and send traffic.
More likely they will need to be sued, like the news / media companies in Europe and Australia have done.
Re:Google I/O: Big changes coming for SEOs with ubiquitous AI
by tomjen3 on Thursday May 11, 2023 @10:52AM
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New Bing give you sources you can check and Google has extracted relevant facts for something like a decade at this point.
I disagree. What incentive does a website have to produce content if it receives no traffic? Website owners want control over their traffic and the data too. They will wall off any search engine that doesn't give them anything in return (basically they're scrapers at that point). The search engines that do this will starve themselves of information they need to stay relevant and the first search engine to play fair continuing to share traffic will get an advantage.
More likely, Google and Bing will continue to play fair and send traffic. Perhaps AI features will become browser features instead, complementing websites, not replacing them.