Google Might Have Made an AI Search Product I Actually Like

Google Might Have Made an AI Search Product I Actually Like

Google is back with yet another AI-powered Search feature. But unlike AI Overviews, which attempts to summarize an answer to your search, or AI Mode, which uses generative AI to try to return results that are more detailed and useful, "Web Guide" is much simpler: It aims to make your search results easier to look at and surface links you wouldn't have found otherwise.Google announced Web Guide in a short blog post on Thursday, and there's really…

Gemini’s Big Leap and the Quiet Confidence Fueling Google’s AI Comeback

Google’s AI ecosystem is expanding across products and user bases. The company’s Gemini app now reports over 450 million monthly active users, up from 350 million in March. Daily prompts to Gemini increased by more than 50% quarter over quarter, according to CEO Sundar Pichai. AI Overviews in Google Search are driving 10% more global … The post Google AI Gemini Growth Pushes Back Against OpenAI and Meta’s Talent Moves appeared first on TechTrend…

Google’s AI Revolution Just Changed Search Forever. Here’s how

Google’s AI Revolution Just Changed Search Forever. Here’s how | Vantage with Palki Sharma | N18G Remember when Google showed you 10 blue links? That world is fading fast. AI summaries now dominate your search results—offering instant answers, no clicks required. But this shift is reshaping the internet. Websites are losing traffic. SEO is dying. And Google itself? It’s in an identity crisis—racing to reinvent search before someone else does. Wi…

Few Users Click Beyond Google's 'AI Overviews' in Search Results

New research reveals that only a small percentage of Google users explore beyond the AI-generated summaries that now appear for many searches. These AI Overviews, introduced in 2023 and rebranded last year, seem to reduce further clicking and browsing activity. The Pew Research Center found that just 8% of users presented with an AI Overview clicked on a search result link, compared with 15% among those shown traditional results without AI summa…

Google has defended Search against the first wave of disruption from generative AI, but AI agents and apps that can reduce clicks now threaten its ad business

Richard Waters / Financial Times: Google has defended Search against the first wave of disruption from generative AI, but AI agents and apps that can reduce clicks now threaten its ad business  —  The company has defended search but its dominant position in online advertising may still be up for grabs