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.

Google Search as you know it is over | TechCrunch

Google is transforming Search from a list of links into an AI-powered experience filled with conversational answers, autonomous agents, and interactive interfaces — a shift that could further reduce traffic to publishers across the web.

TechCrunch

@nixCraft

People really need to put some effort into expanding their horizons:

Firefox browser tab, DuckDuckGo with the NO AI option turned on for all searching

Viz: https://noai.duckduckgo.com/

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@FinchHaven @nixCraft
"Just order a pizza from DuckDuckPizza with the NO GLUE option turned on".

Why is there a glue option in the first place? And why would I want to eat anything from a place that serves pizza with glue?

@leeloo

DuckDuck Pizza: "It sticks to your ribs!!"

cc @nixCraft

@leeloo @FinchHaven @nixCraft Because glue gets you funding right now. Easy as that.