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Is Google still a Search Engine? Or is it rather an Answer Engine? Answers are more-and-more provided on what used to be SERPs, but now is too often dominated
by ColinHayhurst 5y ago
Is Google still a Search Engine? Or is it rather an Answer Engine?
Answers are more-and-more provided on what used to be SERPs, but now is too often dominated by answers on the page, ads, and big marketing budget SEO optimised landing pages.
We still believe in the value and power of discovery; call us old-fashioned but we focus on 10 blue links using an independent index. Your vanity search maydisappoint, and our ranking needs improving, but you will find often hidden gems and information rich sources. Plus we send you to those rather than demanding your eyeballs.
Informational diverity is vital. So we provide one click to get results from Brave, Bing, DuckDuckGo, Ecosia, Gigablast, Google, Startpage, Yandex too, as explained here: https://blog.mojeek.com/2022/02/search-choices-enable-freedom-to-seek.html https://blog.mojeek.com/2022/02/search-choices-enable-freedo...
- gjvc 5y agoThis is an important distinction, albeit semantic and somewhat contrived. If I believe the earth is flat, I may find much evidence to corroborate that theory via Google. Though I may ignore the overwhelmingly greater volume of evidence to the contrary, I will still find what I want. So is it now a search for "the facts" or "the facts that I want" ? The AdSense model is arguably tilted towards the latter.
- ColinHayhurst 5y agoIt is. We also see this as an issue of "objective search". Two users we think should see exactly the same set of results, for a given query and settings they can control (eg location/language setting). That's another positive that comes from our stance on no-tracking; with no harvested personal data, we can't "personalise". So no steering users into content reinforcment whirlpools and/or ad-pulling filter bubbles.