<![CDATA[New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/]]>New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/

yeah, we know. We saw a massive drop in SO/Wikipedia traffic over the last 2 years, so yday's announcement was just closing the deal. Google has officially killed the web that was made of links. It is now a giant box that steals web pages/images/videos from all websites and pretends to know everything with its model and weights often with lots of wrong information. I hope this madness leads to a better search engine and EOL of Google.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/9660bb0f-75e3-47ce-826a-f86f235232f7/new-site-google-just-killed-search-https-techcrunch.com-2026-05-19-google-search-as-you-know-it-is-overRSS for NodeMon, 25 May 2026 10:53:14 GMTWed, 20 May 2026 10:36:29 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 11:29:08 GMT]]>@alan @nixCraft not just what you are allowed to find, but there's no of ramp. It AOL, a guilded trap

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://babka.social/users/peribotsarah/statuses/116612330201813988https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://babka.social/users/peribotsarah/statuses/116612330201813988Thu, 21 May 2026 11:29:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 10:12:10 GMT]]>@alan
Every time I try to do something on the web, and it will only work on Chrome, I hate it a bit more.

@nixCraft

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/TG_Esq/statuses/116612027528506355https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.online/users/TG_Esq/statuses/116612027528506355Thu, 21 May 2026 10:12:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 09:14:02 GMT]]>@kitkat_blue @ffloyd @alan @nixCraft Yes but apparently the EU DMA is bringing some results https://www.osnews.com/story/144954/the-data-is-abundantly-clear-the-eu-digital-markets-act-is-working/
When there is a choice, more users tends to opt for other software.
I know this is a very tiny fraction of their user base. At least is a starting point.
Maybe if everyone of us will start to move few friends toward alternatives (i.e. signal, mastodon). All tiny numbers will add up.. But what if europeans start to propose laws forcing adoption of EU alternatives even as OS?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/dreamos82/statuses/116611798938919991https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.world/users/dreamos82/statuses/116611798938919991Thu, 21 May 2026 09:14:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 07:04:27 GMT]]>@Fedihacker @nixCraft Ecosia claims that everytime you use it "WE PLANT A TREE".
Well @ecosia when the drinks all the water, all those trees will die.
Nothing "eco" with

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116611289439062771https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116611289439062771Thu, 21 May 2026 07:04:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:53:51 GMT]]>@DrEvanGowan @nixCraft I wonder if this is useful. At least for Wordpress, there are some extensions that could be useful. These bots usually don't honor robots.txt, so I added Known Agents to detect their visits and BlackHole for trying to avoid scrapping.
BlackHole has a whitelist for listing allowed bots (from legit search engines, for instance), but mauve it's time to remove all Google* from it).

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/precariousmind/statuses/116611247714237502https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://neopaquita.es/users/precariousmind/statuses/116611247714237502Thu, 21 May 2026 06:53:51 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 06:46:57 GMT]]>@nixCraft Is there an easy way to block Google from crawling my website? It is unlikely my site will come up in the results if they are just copying everything and spitting it out in some AI slop.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/DrEvanGowan/statuses/116611220591413889https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://fediscience.org/users/DrEvanGowan/statuses/116611220591413889Thu, 21 May 2026 06:46:57 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 02:14:46 GMT]]>@nixCraft There it is.

https://neuromatch.social/@jonny/116605812770318671

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/ruffin/statuses/116610150344887744https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/ruffin/statuses/116610150344887744Thu, 21 May 2026 02:14:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Thu, 21 May 2026 02:12:47 GMT]]>@nixCraft We’re going to trade search engines for siloed expertise where each AI provider pools what they learn through interactions with their users into their individual companies’ protected datastores.

So we might have one AI provider that’s the best at C#, another at medical diagnoses, etc. And they’ll all be dependent on not free labor but labor we’re in effect paying to provide.

And, for most who can afford to pay, what we get back will make the trade worth it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/ruffin/statuses/116610142553882551https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/ruffin/statuses/116610142553882551Thu, 21 May 2026 02:12:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:55:56 GMT]]>@albertcardona @nixCraft @lokjo Or at least, there's no stopping AI companies other than through laws that regulate them, but legislators are by and large too ignorant about technology to do that properly

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://h4.io/users/joshisanonymous/statuses/116608896644981949https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://h4.io/users/joshisanonymous/statuses/116608896644981949Wed, 20 May 2026 20:55:56 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 20:54:42 GMT]]>@albertcardona @nixCraft @lokjo If the sort of people who join the fediverse start ignoring Google, Google will still be perfectly fine, because the vast majority of the world probably doesn't even know other search engines exist and doesn't care either. The result is that, from now on, anyone who produces anything useful on the web is essentially strengthening Google. I don't personally think there's any way to stop big AI companies from ripping people off and controlling all information access

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://h4.io/users/joshisanonymous/statuses/116608891779912480https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://h4.io/users/joshisanonymous/statuses/116608891779912480Wed, 20 May 2026 20:54:42 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:24:26 GMT]]>@nixCraft Letting supervillains be the stewards of the modern-day Library of Alexandria was a mistake. 😠]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-766a-0e0a-6acf-9e1215651288https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://f.kawa-kun.com/objects/881761af-766a-0e0a-6acf-9e1215651288Wed, 20 May 2026 19:24:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 19:04:09 GMT]]>@dreamos82 @ffloyd @alan @nixCraft

Meta is still the largest social media platform, with only youtube as a rival. tiktok is 1/10 the size of meta.

90% of search traffic goes thru google search. 90% goes thru pre-installed browsers. Pre-installs rule because the vast majority of people are lazy.

OS same-90% win, android and apple, mobile and desktop.

This won't change much because big tech's market capture is complete. Any serious competition is simply bought out.

Yes this is sad & scary.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116608457111108583https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116608457111108583Wed, 20 May 2026 19:04:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 18:19:41 GMT]]>@nixCraft

Whos is going to continue to build websites when gen-ai insures few people ever visit them?

Might be a good time to download wikipedia...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116608282214989664https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115736792646413589/statuses/116608282214989664Wed, 20 May 2026 18:19:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 17:24:59 GMT]]>@nixCraft it’s like we need a new internet. Can’t read the article with turning off my adblocker (not happening). Can’t wait til someone figures out how to monetize breathing.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116133027163400589/statuses/116608067127715145https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/116133027163400589/statuses/116608067127715145Wed, 20 May 2026 17:24:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:53:25 GMT]]>@nixCraft I want no part of Google or Meta's internet, and haven't for several years now. Things seemingly keep getting worse.

We can but vote with our clicks (somewhere else), and by educating wherever possible. We must collectively champion and build the web we want, avoiding the mega corporations with their own interests.

End rant transmission!

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/joshaspinall/statuses/116607943025945031https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.social/users/joshaspinall/statuses/116607943025945031Wed, 20 May 2026 16:53:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:51:08 GMT]]>@ariaflame @nixCraft correct. LLM is just that: a huge index of cr@p. So to use it as a search engine is actually a good and correct thing. The other problem is that they (providers, Google in this case) will basically use it to enforce paid content and promote products. This will entshittify this much faster. But from the pure technology perspective it is actually a correct move.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115990423331363000/statuses/116607934012794773https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115990423331363000/statuses/116607934012794773Wed, 20 May 2026 16:51:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:18:26 GMT]]>@nixCraft I'm publishing links (https://manzokuan.blogspot.com/p/information-for-future-envirohealers.html) here on Mastodon that interest me and I suspect will interest some others, under the assumption that some of us still know and appreciate bookmarking, and in some cases downloading, vital primary sources in anticipation of them becoming harder, not easier, to find under the AI bubble. This should take, along with my daily vanity links (https://manzokuan.blogspot.com/), maybe about a year. After that, if alive and independent, I will probably mostly be cutting cabbages and watching the neighborhood crows. How 'bout y'all?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116494732682004062/statuses/116607805475108187https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/ap/users/116494732682004062/statuses/116607805475108187Wed, 20 May 2026 16:18:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:15:03 GMT]]>@nixCraft @briankrebs Kagi. Kagi. Kagi.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Jshor/statuses/116607792138209814https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/Jshor/statuses/116607792138209814Wed, 20 May 2026 16:15:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:33:03 GMT]]>@nixCraft How have people not caught on to this yet? It's been the pretty obvious goal for years.

Don't use google y'all, find a metasearch engine you like. I'm partial to omnisearch from bwaaa.monster. It searches DDG, Mojeek, Startpage, and yahoo. I'm not sure how the ranking algo works but i get way less AI articles in the results with omnisearch than using any of those search engines directly.]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.snowebell.cc/objects/df39785b-4665-443e-972c-733d1f5d1ef8https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pleroma.snowebell.cc/objects/df39785b-4665-443e-972c-733d1f5d1ef8Wed, 20 May 2026 15:33:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:30:07 GMT]]>@nixCraft can't say I really care 🤷️

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottytrees/statuses/116607615439251452https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/scottytrees/statuses/116607615439251452Wed, 20 May 2026 15:30:07 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:11:55 GMT]]>@nixCraft so: time to block gogglebot as it gives nothing back.

Or are they using the chinese "random residential ip and chrome" tactic now?

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mms/statuses/116607543929722359https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.bsd.cafe/users/mms/statuses/116607543929722359Wed, 20 May 2026 15:11:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:02:49 GMT]]>@nixCraft
: search edition

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/knutson_brain/statuses/116607508124997682https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://sfba.social/users/knutson_brain/statuses/116607508124997682Wed, 20 May 2026 15:02:49 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:41:08 GMT]]>@nixCraft Google is not a search engine anymore.

I'm using Ecosia right now, but they added AI overviews too, and have a chatbot tab. I don't know how they can claim any kind of "eco".

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.es/users/Fedihacker/statuses/116607422833187075https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.es/users/Fedihacker/statuses/116607422833187075Wed, 20 May 2026 14:41:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/ on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:33:09 GMT]]>@nixCraft Wouldn't know. Switched to a real search engine a long time ago. One that doesn't track you, sell you ads, tell you what it thinks you meant, or use AI. Insert YOUR favorite name here....

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/alandvalonline/statuses/116607391450596049https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/alandvalonline/statuses/116607391450596049Wed, 20 May 2026 14:33:09 GMT