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A while back nobody would believe that Google's search dominance could be disturbed... and now many have either switched away or stopped using search altogether

by vanous 2y ago

A while back nobody would believe that Google's search dominance could be disturbed... and now many have either switched away or stopped using search altogether. It takes me two clicks to set a search to DDG, Kagi or other and Google has lost this customer (often a family) forever. So let them be arrogant and loose their YouTube customers over time too.

scarface_74 2y ago
Google still has close to 90% market share with DDG being a little more than a half percent. https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/worldwide/2020 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/wo... Edit:Wrong year - that was 2020 this is 2024 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/worldwide/2024 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/wo...
- dartos 2y ago
  Change is sometimes slow. Let’s see how Google does as a century old company. In the grand scheme of things, they’re still a fairly young giant.
  - prmoustache 2y ago
    The thing is I see it everywhere around me. People don't care looking for a better search engine. Worse I am pretty sure that most people do not know they can choose their search engine and can define whatever is used when searching in the url bar.
    - skydhash 2y ago
      From what I see, people don't even care to search anymore. They mostly go direct to an app.
    - dartos 2y ago
      Sure, today. Right now. That’s what I’m saying. Search engines are still a part young technology in the grand scheme of things. No reason to believe this is the end state.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    I didn’t realize I was looking at the 2020 stats. But the 2024 stats are the same
- normie3000 2y ago
  You've linked to 2020. 2024 is at https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/worldwide/2020 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/wo..., but the numbers seem to be identical.
- bachmeier 2y ago
  Defining the market correctly is always an important first step. Those numbers don't include LLMs.
  - scarface_74 2y ago
    While I’ve been using ChatGPT with web search for almost two years as a paid user, the majority of people don’t and that has just gone free in the last few months. But when I just want a simple search, I still use Google first out of habit.

by vanous 2y ago

scarface_74 2y ago

Google still has close to 90% market share with DDG being a little more than a half percent. https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/worldwide/2020 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/wo... Edit:Wrong year - that was 2020 this is 2024 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/worldwide/2024 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/wo...

dartos 2y ago
Change is sometimes slow. Let’s see how Google does as a century old company. In the grand scheme of things, they’re still a fairly young giant.
- prmoustache 2y ago
  The thing is I see it everywhere around me. People don't care looking for a better search engine. Worse I am pretty sure that most people do not know they can choose their search engine and can define whatever is used when searching in the url bar.
  - skydhash 2y ago
    From what I see, people don't even care to search anymore. They mostly go direct to an app.
  - dartos 2y ago
    Sure, today. Right now. That’s what I’m saying. Search engines are still a part young technology in the grand scheme of things. No reason to believe this is the end state.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  I didn’t realize I was looking at the 2020 stats. But the 2024 stats are the same
normie3000 2y ago
You've linked to 2020. 2024 is at https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/worldwide/2020 https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/wo..., but the numbers seem to be identical.
bachmeier 2y ago
Defining the market correctly is always an important first step. Those numbers don't include LLMs.
- scarface_74 2y ago
  While I’ve been using ChatGPT with web search for almost two years as a paid user, the majority of people don’t and that has just gone free in the last few months. But when I just want a simple search, I still use Google first out of habit.