Comment on Louis Rossmann spent the week using AI to get his repair business #1 on google - The Modern Internet Is a Joke

homesweethomeMrL@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Could this be turned into a business opportunity for someone to start a search engine prioritizing real websites that don’t sound like AI? It could carry some advertising or charge for a no-ads version. People would use it. What are the main obstacles that stop anyone doing this? Is it just this scale of the modern internet or the expense of training a model to downrank anything that smells like AI? Or is it that all the people who might provide initial funding are all-in on AI slop?

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  • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I mean that business opportunity has been around for decades, and Kagi already caters to that kind of consumer, but this far Google retains like 99% of the market because no one gives a shit.

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    • floofloof@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Is Kagi really that much different? I used their free trial for a while and the results were very similar to what I’m used to on Duck Duck Go, so I just went back to that. Maybe I should try it again.

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      • Meron35@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        The default experience depends on what you’re searching for, usually traditional search engines fall apart pretty quickly when it comes to anything related to a possible purchase, or more technical/esoteric info.

        Tbf, one of Kagi’s killer features is its ability to up/down rank websites, which means you also need to spend some time customising it to your tastes. No more Pinterest, quora, medium, etc

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      • artyom@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I mean regardless of how different it is, it’s exactly what you described in intention.

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