[germainebull]

I've been noticing something a lot lately when I'm trying to find information online, and I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this. How often do you click on a search result, expecting a straightforward web page with the info you need, only to land on another search results page?

It's like an endless loop! I'll be searching for something specific, let's say "best coffee grinder for French press." I click on what looks like a promising link, and BAM – I'm on a site that's basically just another search engine, often populated with ads and links to other, equally unhelpful, "search results" pages. It's incredibly frustrating.

It feels like a growing trend, and it makes finding actual, discrete web pages with real content much harder. Am I just clicking the wrong links, or is the web evolving into a meta-search labyrinth?

What are your thoughts? Have you encountered this? Any tips for navigating around it and getting to the actual good stuff?

[Netherrealmer]

try searching with assistance of A.I , Everyone with gmail can freely use Gemini

[Fergal]

I've also noticed that germainebull, especially when searching on Google on Google Chrome on my phone, clicking on a result often takes me to a Bing page which is quite annoying. I can probably spot the sponsored listings easier when searching from my desktop.

Like many others, I use search engines less now and use ChatGPT more.

[kat82]

I've also noticed that germainebull, especially when searching on Google on Google Chrome on my phone, clicking on a result often takes me to a Bing page which is quite annoying. I can probably spot the sponsored listings easier when searching from my desktop.

Like many others, I use search engines less now and use ChatGPT more.

Exactly what I said. AI will soon replace everything and we won't need to go to websites for further reading. And it means so much to bloggers who have been dependent on their sites to earn from Ads. Indeed the search engine will send you to another engine because they paid for the listing.

[eldavis]

This is one of the reasons people now make use of chatGPT and other ai, cause it often gives a direct answer compared to google and the likes.