ChatGPT is consistently fast now and gives me much better results than Google. IMO Google has damaged their brand with their "AI Overview" which apparently is a meme/laughingstock amongst the middle school crowd at least at my kids' school.
It's weird because I love the Gemini models; they are very good; Google is fumbling this.
joegibbs · 9h ago
It’s really terrible, not only does it get a ton of things obviously wrong but it also gets contradicted by the first search result, and it smugly tells you you’re wrong in an authoritative tone as if you’re some kind of idiot for even asking it.
amusely · 10h ago
When the start of the search is organically moving to chatGPT & other gen AI services - how would users even go from here to Google ?
Bluestein · 10h ago
Google is effectively dead.-
Fade_Dance · 10h ago
Google is at 16 billion searches a day currently. It is not "effectively dead."
throwaway915 · 10h ago
Google is on almost every mobile device that's not Apple.
This antitrust is the thing keeping Google going.
amusely · 10h ago
statistically based on engagement - chatgpt is 14 requests/user/day vs google which is at 7requests/user/day
Google has significantly higher user count overall but the usage trend is not in Google's favor.
marginalia_nu · 7h ago
I don't know if that is necessarily a point in favor of chatgpt.
The better a search engine (or AI chatbot) works, the fewer queries you need to make to find what you are looking for, so the numbers could also be interpreted as Google still being the more accurate tool for queries.
BoiledCabbage · 54m ago
The better a product works, the more often you opt to use it. The better it finds needles in haystacks, the more often you choose to use it. Higher engagement is really rarely bad for a product outside of particular odd cases.
Bluestein · 10h ago
Fair enough ...
... Was, Indeed, extrapolating. And doing so, considering that their "AI-oriented" efforts (to play catch up - with the "AI Summaries" and such) are being met with due revulsion.-
amusely · 9h ago
Probably also the reason why GEO is becoming as important as SEO these days.
It's weird because I love the Gemini models; they are very good; Google is fumbling this.
This antitrust is the thing keeping Google going.
Google has significantly higher user count overall but the usage trend is not in Google's favor.
The better a search engine (or AI chatbot) works, the fewer queries you need to make to find what you are looking for, so the numbers could also be interpreted as Google still being the more accurate tool for queries.
... Was, Indeed, extrapolating. And doing so, considering that their "AI-oriented" efforts (to play catch up - with the "AI Summaries" and such) are being met with due revulsion.-