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by sva_ 1374 days ago
Can't wait for the Onion article proclaiming that Google is discontinuing Google Search. Or will it be an Onion article? Maybe Google will come up with some alternative that can further advance their ad business.
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Deprecate search results for all keywords, only serve search ads?
Remove the ability to search for keywords, but add a Tictok like interface. The AI will then learn our preference and surface pages we want to see.
But… but… that’s just tiktok. Which probably means you’re right.
Interesting thought experiment:

What would the internet look like if Google did indeed sunset Google Search?

Would a lot actually change? For people doing SEO probably yes, but as a user who switched all my browsers to default to DuckDuckGo some time ago already I think I'd barely notice it (as that switch was barely noticeable as well).