Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google

Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by l72 on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @04:55PM (#42120165)

This is one of those things that I think is interesting about how "normal" people use the Internet. I am guessing they just always start with google.

But for me, if I want to look up local restaurants, I go straight to Maps/Yelp/FourSquare(RIP). If I want to look up releases of a band, I go straight to musicbrainz. Info about Metal Band, straight to the Encyclopeadia Metallum. History/Facts, straight to Wikipedia. Recipes, straight to yummly. And so on. I rarely start my search with a general search engine.

And now with GPT, I doubt I even perform a single search on a general search engine (google, bind, DDG) even once a day.

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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by alisonatwork on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @06:38PM (#42121222)

"Normal" people don't start with Google, not any more. They start with Facebook, Instagram, X, Reddit, Discord, Substack etc. That's exactly the problem, the world-wide web has devolved back into a collection of walled gardens like things were in the BBS era, except now the boards are all run by a handful of Silicon Valley billionaires instead of random nerds in your hometown.

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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by yazzku on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @09:40PM (#42122372)

You have just described how "innovation" is often just a power shift, often one that does not benefit the user. Old is new again, but in different hands; the right hands, of course.

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Re:Two Upstart Search Engines Are Teaming Up to Take on Google by immibis on Wednesday November 13, 2024 @08:26AM (#42125873)

I've heard teenagers today often search first on tiktok. To find restaurants.

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