Data on search engine market share is available, but I wonder what that looks like for Lemmy users in particular, who I would assume lean more technical than the average user, so probably use DuckDuckGo and alternates more than Google.

I use a mix of DuckDuckGo and Kagi. I’ll also use ChatGPT, which can be good if you’re careful to verify the answers it gives you as a check against hallucinations. It’s useful for short, direct answers without ads or SEO bullshit.

This article on Ars (and if you’re not a subscriber, you absolutely should be, as they are the best tech journalists out there) inspired the question: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/06/google-admits-reddit-protests-make-it-harder-to-find-helpful-search-results

Fucking Reddit. Enshittification ruins everything.

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    • naoseiquemsou@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      To be fair, some implementations like bingGPT and perplexity can provide some search engine functionality, since they actually find and provide links to the user.

    • supernovae@readit.buzz
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      2 years ago

      Bing implemented ChatGPT with their own layer on top. It works like ChatGPT and can give some ChatGPT like responses, but it does so by showing the sources and links.

      Therefor, i’m happy to say - I actually like this new bing and use it a lot.

      BUT… i also use bing rewards to buy all my video games so it works there too :D

    • coldredlight@beehaw.orgM
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      2 years ago

      If you pay there’s an option for chatgpt4 that can use Bing to search. There’s also various plugins that can let it interact with all sorts of additional data sources. Not that you should use it like a search engine exactly, but it can be useful for search if you configure it correctly and understand that it doesn’t “know” anything.

    • NeonWoofGenesis@kek.henlo.fi
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      2 years ago

      I can see a usecase for where you don’t know where to start or search with, and then verify with actual searches.

      I recently used it to explain for a friend what is the difference between wheat and ale beer, and it gave a very good summary. With DDG I might not get a direct explanation and would need to read a few articles and then word them in a comprehensive way.

    • 雨 月@feddit.de
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      2 years ago

      Maybe people mainly search for answers to simple daily life questions or something.

    • tenet@kbin.social
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      2 years ago

      Except it IS a search engine and that’s basically all it’s good for. By its very nature all it can do is collate information. It’s the only thing AI is good at.