Google begins testing AI-only search results

[JoelR]

I think when google starts seeing their advertising revenue from legitimate websites drop proportionately to the ai scraped results increasing, they my be changing their tune. Why pay for keywords when the only visitor will be Google AI pre-answering client queries. And why pay for ad impressions that show up on websites from Google when nobody see's them anymore.

Its a race right now, and there is an existential threat to Google that if someone developers a search portal that makes their answers easier and faster, then Google will ultimately lose its web dominance.

As a user, I objectively would prefer to have answers presented to me (as long as it's accurate, of course). Having to click through 10 websites and read and investigate and search is objectively harder.

 

[CTS]

As a user, I objectively would prefer to have answers presented to me (as long as it's accurate, of course). Having to click through 10 websites and read and investigate and search is objectively harder.

I can understand that. But personally I prefer to go thru ten websites than to be fooled by AI that is maybe 60% accurate.

I have been playing around with Google AI on search queries. It takes a query properly stringed together, and one more click on that very tiny icon to get to see three search results, and then you get to click on one of them. And none of them seem to be near what I am asking.

OR...

I prefer to review a page or two to see the likelihood of one of the websites attracting me to it. If I don't, I reform my query and try again.

But that's just me. I hate the way AI uses your data, and then obfuscates the links that you have to go find. Just give me the danged SERPS, and quit feeding me non-attributed content that is scraped from who knows where. (yes, I have a personal issue with all that lol)