I’ve mentioned a few times in the MacSparky Labs that I pay for web search. That always raises eyebrows. So I thought I’d explain. Even Google now injects AI slop before giving you search results, and there’s a good argument that search is going…
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Google’s Search Market Share Now Below 90%
This hasn’t happened since 2015. We are exiting a world where there is one dominant search engine. AI search is the new thing (even though most people don’t realize it yet) and there is plenty of competition emerging. I expect a big push from Google…
Continue reading →Google and AI Search
The Information is reporting that Google plans to add “AI Mode” to its search. This is not a surprise if you’ve spent any time with Perplexity or ChatGPT search; they’re both leaps and bounds ahead of traditional Google Search. Moreover, Google’s Gemini is pretty good,…
Continue reading →I’m Still Digging Kagi
I just paid my monthly Kagi subscription and I’m reminded of how much I like this web search service. If you’re unfamiliar with it, Kagi is a search engine with no advertising. I’ve used it in place of Google search for most of this year, and…
Continue reading →The Future of Search
OpenAI recently announced they’re working on a new product called SearchGPT. It’s currently in prototype, and there is a waitlist to get into an eventual beta. This looks very similar to what Perplexity is doing: using artificial intelligence tools to conduct web searches in…
Continue reading →Find Files on Your Mac with HoudahSpot 4
Several years ago I was walking the floor of Macworld Expo and met Pierre Bernard. Pierre is one of the legions of smart, indie software developers that chooses to ply his trade on the Mac. Pierre showed me HoudahSpot and explained that this application was like…
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