Google doesn’t have a choice. Consider how few in the younger audience actually use proper search engines. Heaven forbid, they ask their questions on TikTok. It’s a mighty gamble but without a doubt hesitation is failure now that AI is yet another competitor eating up the search space.
This is one thing I would love to actually see some data about, because I have never seen people not using search engines, no matter the age, but I see a lot of people on the internet claiming that younger people don't use search engines anymore.
Never used TikTok. I guess one searches "How to do X?" and shows tutorial videos each a mintue or so? Or "the Best birthday gifts" then a bunch of video trys to sell you the "best" gift? I have no idea.
Badly. You search for videos that match the form of a question. It’s not effective at all, but wildly popular according to my aunt who is a high school teacher.
The accessibility of technology has produced a generation of people who don’t understand how to use it in basic ways, but that’s another discussion.
I have given it a try a few times, to see if it makes sense to search on tiktok. I tried things like "[generic topic I'd like to know more about]", "history of [topic]", "[topic] lecture/course", "how to replace screen of [phone model]", "how to fix [device model]", "how to make [recipe]", [product] review, [software] tutorial, and a few others, both in english and in my mother language, and in all cases, the results were poor, barely related to my search or nonexistent.
It makes me wonder if: 1- people don't actually search on tiktok as much as people make it look like 2 - there's some different way to write the search terms that I'm unaware of, or perhaps, the results would be different if I was logged in 3 - people are simply getting poor results and that's it 4 - my search interests differ too much from what people search on tiktok
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sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works · 41 pts · 2y
Not if I completely stop using Google search.
reddig33@lemmy.world · 29 pts · 2y
Why is Google determined to kill one of its cash cows? Cramming AI into search results feels like “New Coke”.
Paradachshund@lemmy.today · -3 pts · 2y
There's been ads in Google for over a decade now.
tsonfeir@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
Google started introducing advertisements into its search engine in the year 2000. This was through the launch of the Google AdWords program.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · -7 pts · 2y
Google doesn’t have a choice. Consider how few in the younger audience actually use proper search engines. Heaven forbid, they ask their questions on TikTok. It’s a mighty gamble but without a doubt hesitation is failure now that AI is yet another competitor eating up the search space.
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br · 7 pts · 2y
This is one thing I would love to actually see some data about, because I have never seen people not using search engines, no matter the age, but I see a lot of people on the internet claiming that younger people don't use search engines anymore.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · -3 pts · 2y
Sadly I don’t have such data. The best I have is anecdotal from teachers that I know.
randomaccount43543@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I've seen this mentioned a few times before but never get how it works. How do you even use TikTok as a search engine?
umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 2y
Never used TikTok. I guess one searches "How to do X?" and shows tutorial videos each a mintue or so? Or "the Best birthday gifts" then a bunch of video trys to sell you the "best" gift? I have no idea.
henfredemars@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 2y
Badly. You search for videos that match the form of a question. It’s not effective at all, but wildly popular according to my aunt who is a high school teacher.
The accessibility of technology has produced a generation of people who don’t understand how to use it in basic ways, but that’s another discussion.
nossaquesapao@lemmy.eco.br · 1 pts · 2y
I have given it a try a few times, to see if it makes sense to search on tiktok. I tried things like "[generic topic I'd like to know more about]", "history of [topic]", "[topic] lecture/course", "how to replace screen of [phone model]", "how to fix [device model]", "how to make [recipe]", [product] review, [software] tutorial, and a few others, both in english and in my mother language, and in all cases, the results were poor, barely related to my search or nonexistent.
It makes me wonder if: 1- people don't actually search on tiktok as much as people make it look like 2 - there's some different way to write the search terms that I'm unaware of, or perhaps, the results would be different if I was logged in 3 - people are simply getting poor results and that's it 4 - my search interests differ too much from what people search on tiktok
Dirk@lemmy.ml · 11 pts · 2y
So you need an ad blocker for that, too?
Maddier1993@programming.dev · 5 pts · 2y
No because you will be using duckduckgo or something else
dvdnet62@feddit.nl · 5 pts · 2y
Yes ublock origin can do that with simple script
Ottomateeverything@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
The only scripts I've seen still leave a giant empty box at the top... Are there any that fix this too?
dvdnet62@feddit.nl · 7 pts · 2y
https://new.reddit.com/r/uBlockOrigin/comments/1ct5mpt/heres_how_to_disable_googles_new_forced_ai/?sort=new
wagoner@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 2y
Will they be AI ads
thanks_shakey_snake@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Non-paywall version: https://archive.ph/bsSon