DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode

Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by Legend2440 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:53PM (#48298764)

AI mode isn't for queries, it's for questions. You ask it direct, specific things like 'how do I do <x> in <y>' and it provides a fast answer.

People have many more questions in their life than they do queries.

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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by gbalduzzi on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @04:22PM (#48300075)

In programming forums like Hacker News people are incredibly detached from the average experience with technology, sometimes it is buffling.

Most non technical people I know asked questions to Google even before the AI overview. Instead of looking for the answer in seo-bloated articles, they find it in the overview.

I think google should improve in detecting the kind of query when I need a link that I don't remember, and deactivate the overview on those. If I search for "ryanair booking" I clearly need the url for booking a Ryanair flight, AI overview is useless

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Re:DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said p... by Legend2440 on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @05:06PM (#48300686)

Relevant xkcd: https://xkcd.com/1497/

If programmers and engineers are saying "why would anyone want that?", odds are the product will be a gigantic success.

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