ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Journal: Google’s March 2026 Spam Update Is Already Complete. “Google has completed the March 2026 spam update after a rollout lasting less than 20 hours, according to the Google Search Status Dashboard. The update applies globally and to all languages. The rollout began March 24 at 12:00 PM PT and ended March 25 at 7:30 AM PT, with the completion note posted at 7:39 AM PDT.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/28/search-engine-journal-googles-march-2026-spam-update-is-already-complete/
Inautilo#Business #Analyses
The end of the Open Web · “We’re once again in the process of fucking things up.” https://ilo.im/16bd09
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#Web #OpenWeb #SearchEngines #SEO #AI #Agents #Browsers #Websites #Content #Enshittification
TechRadar#TechRadar Google's AI-powered conversational Search Live tool is going global — with real-time answers now available in more languages https://techrad.ar/x2FL #SearchEngines #Computing #Internet
Winbuzzerhttps://winbuzzer.com/2026/03/25/openai-wants-chatgpt-on-uk-search-choice-screens-xcxwbn/
OpenAI Wants ChatGPT on UK Search Choice Screens
#AI #ChatGPT #Google #OpenAI #GoogleSearch #UnitedKingdom #CMA #AIRegulation #Regulation #GoogleChrome #Android #BigTech #SearchEngines #Chatbots #DefaultSearch
Search Engine Roundtable: Microsoft Bing Tests New AI Image Search. “Microsoft seems to be testing a new AI-powered image search interface and result set for Bing Image Search. If you do a search on Bing Images, on the right side you may see a button for ‘New Version.’ That new version says you can ‘try a new version of Image Search.'” Ick.
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/25/search-engine-roundtable-microsoft-bing-tests-new-ai-image-search/
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Hey, at least there is a UK based old school search engine now, that respects privacy, and does not use Google's index (like Startpage) or Microsoft's (like DuckDuckGo) at all - https://mojeek.com
Does it give great results all the tjme? Ummm, not quite, but at least it is a nice option to have, that is a "work in progress"
#Mojeek #Google #Bing #AI #enshittification #privacy #duckduckgo #searchengines #foss #alternativeto
Bold OutlookRanking vs Reasoning: Two Different Logics of Information https://www.himpfen.com/ranking-vs-reasoning-information-systems/
BrandonRanking vs Reasoning: Two Different Logics of Information https://www.himpfen.com/ranking-vs-reasoning-information-systems/
The Conversation: Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe. “Search engines rely on articles and text about a given topic, and then weigh how reliable those articles are. Generative AI instead relies on huge bodies of text, from which it measures the odds of words appearing next to each other. These ‘large language models’ are purely looking to generate […]
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/23/the-conversation-using-your-ai-chatbot-as-a-search-engine-be-careful-what-you-believe/
The Conversation: Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe
The Conversation: Using your AI chatbot as a search engine? Be careful what you believe. “Search engines rely on articles and text about a given topic, and then weigh how reliable those artic…
Marcel SIneM(S)US#Google 
dichtet mit KI Headlines in Suchergebnissen um | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Google-dichtet-mit-KI-Headlines-in-Suchergebnissen-um-11220459.html #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GoogleSearch #GoogleSuche #SearchEngine #SearchEngines
dichtet mit KI Headlines in Suchergebnissen um | heise online https://www.heise.de/news/Google-dichtet-mit-KI-Headlines-in-Suchergebnissen-um-11220459.html #ArtificialIntelligence #AI #GoogleSearch #GoogleSuche #SearchEngine #SearchEngines