I tried using a paid search engine for a week, and I don’t think I’ll go back
Table of Contents After making the decision to ditch Google Search a few months ago, I’ve been making it a point to keep an eye out for new products to…
Leaked Documents Reveal How Google Search Gatekeeps the Internet
Google Search is often referred to as the doorstep to the internet—it’s the first stop on most people’s journey to information online. However, Google doesn’t say much about how it…
Google Says It’s Purging All the AI Trash Littering Its Search Results
Google says it will begin cracking down on AI-generated content created solely for the purpose of gaming its systems and ranking high in Google Search—a change that could potentially have…
Google Has Officially Killed Cache Links
25 years ago, the internet was kludged together with duct tape and a dream. Sometimes typing in a URL brought up a website. Sometimes things were just broken. Google, then…
Arc’s New AI Browser Features Are an Act of War Against Google Search
The Browser Company makes no effort to hide its gleeful disdain for the reigning King of Search, also known as Google. It is openly taking aim at the tech giant’s…
You’re Not Imagining It: Google Search Results Are Getting Worse, Study Finds
For the past few years, a growing number of users, analysts, and experts raised alarms about a truth that feels obvious to a lot of people who surf around in…
Dumbest Google Result of the Week: ‘JFK Death Penalty’ Brings Up Some Kid’s Middle School Essay
“JFK was an interesting man.” At least, that’s the first thing you read if you follow the top Search result for variations of “Did JFK support the death penalty?” Google…
Google Paid How Much to Be the Default Search Engine?
Google’s antitrust trial revealed the multi-billion dollar tech company paid out a whopping total of $26.3 billion in 2021 to keep its status as the default search engine on phones…
Google Quietly Removes ‘Written By People’ From Suggestions for Website Owners
Illustration: Moor Studio / Shutterstock.com (Shutterstock) Google quietly removed the suggestion that the text of a website should be “written by people” from its guidance for site owners who want…
Check your inbox — Microsoft just sent out the first wave of ChatGPT Bing invites
Microsoft’s revamped ChatGPT-powered Bing search engine is here, and the first wave of invites is already out. After previewing the new search engine last week, Microsoft set up a waitlist…