Google must be feeling the heat
The impact of GPT on search engines such as Google cannot be ignored. As a user, I can attest that my reliance on Google for technical and knowledge-based queries has significantly decreased, becoming nearly negligible. However, for other use cases, particularly those requiring near real-time information, I still resort to Google. This observation leads me tp speculate that Google may already be experiencing a noteworthy reduction in traffic, although they may not be publicly disclosing this yet. Once GPT-like technologies cam match real-time updates, it may spell trouble for companies like Google. This scenario is not far-fetched, given the considerable investment pouring into LLMs. Although Google may continue to operate for years to come, it is bound to lose its long-held crown position eventually. A prime example of this phenomenon is Yahoo, which remained in business but lost its dominance in the search engine industry, to say the least.
No. There isn’t enough adoption for day to day use to even be noticeable at google scale. You and me are not a representative sample of the world population lol
This. Try explaining ChatGPT to your parents or anyone not in tech. They’ll have no idea what you’re talking about. We are a minority and in a bubble.
Lol my parents use ChatGPT all the time. And they are retirees that can barely use a computer. It’s so much easier for them. ChatGPT is growing substantially faster than TikTok.
Lol
Why
Those queries are not really monetizable either.
Are all knowledge based queries not monetizable? Like near-by restaurants, tourist places, etc.
No, a lot of those are. I was referring to the SO like questions SW engineers use Google for
The Googlecels are about to come in full force I wonder if they domain block chatGPT on the Google network?
Doubt it as Google has been found stealing from chatgpt
Lol if randos from “first American” have a say, Googlers definitely would. Why are you shilling Microsoft that’s an investor in OpenAI?
Lol. Highly paid engineer figuring out which tool can do the job they are paid for.
So you don’t google to figure out the best new tools, etc? How would you know?
Figuring out best new tools is far from searching stackoverflow for answers. Atleast own what you do in an anonymous forum
people still need to search on Google to get to the chatgpt cite
If Google went down for a day, people will find it using bing/ something else.
I use bard. No doubt in my mind that Google will crush it and come out as a winner. They have solid tech and AI is about rate of improvement. They are crushing it.
Yeah coz Google has such a great track record of building winning products
Trust me, Google is fine
I trust you TrustMeBro ™
Agreed, i would say Google UX is still far superior, but in terms of efficiency Bing Ai has no match. I myself stopped using google for day-to-day questions
Must be the same for stack overflow. It’s much less valuable now.
You are absolutely correct. In fact StackOverflow is facing a far greater existential risk.
I think this is only the case for questions with very simple solutions - that might make up a large share of their traffic though