Reddit updated its robots.txt file to block all search engines. The file tells all web crawlers that they are not allowed to index the site, together with an explanatory message. Reddit believes in an ...

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Part of the reason Google decided to start developing its own Chrome browser—all the way back in 2008—was to funnel people toward all of its web apps, from Google Docs to Gmail to Google Maps. And of ...

Artificial intelligence has basically taken over and replace traditional web search engines. You’ve already seen it with AI overviews in Google Search, followed up with OpenAI going the way of ...

Given the dominance of the Google search engine, it's easy for smaller competitors to go unnoticed. While alternative search engines exist, many users are perfectly happy remaining within Google's ...

I challenged myself, and readers, to try switching away from the search king. Here’s what I learned. My experiment in ditching Google search felt like quitting coffee. The first few days, I was ...

ChatGPT makes web search, voice features and maps free for all users, expanding access beyond Premium subscribers. hatGPT's web search is now free for everyone with an account. Voice search works in ...