Google’s market share on search is below 90% - a sign that its dominance is ending?
For over a decade, Google has dominated the online search market. With a global market share over 90%, Google had the power how billions of people search the web and access information. But now, for the first time since 2015, more than 1 out of 10 people use alternative search engines. Is this a first sign of the Google dominance coming to an end?
This is probably related to AI. Good or bad, hard to say.
You don’t think Google’s dominance reducing is a good thing? How is it hard to say?
Is Ketchup bad? Well it depends you compare it to what. Most cakes would be objectively worse. Fruits and vegetables are definitely better.
That does not answer my question.
If the article was “Google is losing its search dominance because people are finally starting to adopt more and more privacy tools.” Then sure, this would be IMO good.
But Google is losing it’s dominance probably because of other terrible competitors. I’m thinking Chatgpt and the likes.
I didn’t check the data, but if this is the case, Google could be the Ketchup and ChatGPT the cake.
Did you read the article posted? Did you read the title? It’s literally talking about search.
I did read the article and it doesn’t really mention where the 50 millions went (aside from the 250% Ecosia growth, but it doesn’t mention numbers).
But you made me search now 
It looks like bing? of all players took that 1%? If this is the case, then my point still stand.
I haven’t done a Google search for several years except for a few times when I started a new job.
Started out with DDG, then Brave, and finally searXNG. The metasearch I have no interest in - it’s the convenience of Archive links that’s brilliant.
Please elaborate on why google’s dominance being reduced is a good thing
DDG + Duck.ai here.
What’s archive links?
Maybe content from the Internet Archive.
Web Archive. Doesn’t work for every website but you can avoid trackers if it’s available. If not, the backup is to try to archive it myself with archive.is.
Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services… noted that searches on Safari dipped for the first time last month, which he attributed to people using AI.
I guess if and when AI is able to seriously and completely replace search engines, locally run AI could have a privacy benefit over current privacy search engine options! Since AI is also commonly used in native apps, while search engines are mostly web apps, maybe there could be a security benefit as well!
