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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by jeltz on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:13PM (#48298194)
It is the same thing as when they pushed for AMP. They wanted to prevent traffic from leaving google.com then too.
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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by dpkirchner on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:24PM (#48298334)
In that case at least they could point out that end users got better results with AMP than they do with news sites w/o ad blockers. The AI results are just wrong so often I don't really get it.
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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by pluc on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @03:16PM (#48299081)
The results are not wrong, they are AI. Google wants that to become a distinct thing that is neither. What's a better answer for Google than one that generates more usage? If we all push in the same direction we can make AI work, we just need to accept we will need to hold its hand for a while.
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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by Forgeties79 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @03:38PM (#48299438)
I think this is sarcastic but man some people really do have some wild defenses for LLM’s so I can’t be sure lol
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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by JumpCrisscross on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @05:11PM (#48300755)
> The AI results are just wrong so often I don't really get it

They believe they won’t be wrong for long.

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