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ResearchBuzz: FirehoseTulane University: The silent force behind online echo chambers? Your Google search. “Researchers found that people often use search engines in ways that unintentionally reinforce their existing beliefs. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that even unbiased search engines can lead users into digital echo chambers—simply because of how people […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/tulane-university-the-silent-force-behind-online-echo-chambers-your-google-search/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/tulane-university-the-silent-force-behind-online-echo-chambers-your-google-search/</a>

Calishat<a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SearchEngines</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/Search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Search</a> <a href="https://researchbuzz.masto.host/tags/queries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queries</a> 'Researchers found that people often use search engines in ways that unintentionally reinforce their existing beliefs. The study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, shows that even unbiased search engines can lead users into digital echo chambers—simply because of how people phrase their search queries.'<a href="https://news.tulane.edu/pr/silent-force-behind-online-echo-chambers-your-google-search" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.tulane.edu/pr/silent-force-behind-online-echo-chambers-your-google-search</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseHürriyet Daily News: Yandex Türkiye plans new search and AI features. “Yandex Türkiye has invested $50 million as part of a $400 million plan to enhance its search engine services in Türkiye, according to Alexander Popovskiy, general manager of Yandex Türkiye and CEO of Yandex Search International.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/hurriyet-daily-news-yandex-turkiye-plans-new-search-and-ai-features/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/18/hurriyet-daily-news-yandex-turkiye-plans-new-search-and-ai-features/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseEU Startups: German search engine Ecosia unveils new climate impact experience for users, shifting away from tree planting. “Berlin-based Ecosia, the green search engine which invests 100% of its profits into climate action initiatives, is launching a new climate impact experience for its 20 million users – moving their primary focus away from planting trees. They can now log in to a new […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/eu-startups-german-search-engine-ecosia-unveils-new-climate-impact-experience-for-users-shifting-away-from-tree-planting/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/17/eu-startups-german-search-engine-ecosia-unveils-new-climate-impact-experience-for-users-shifting-away-from-tree-planting/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Land: LLM traffic not as engaged as organic traffic: Study. “Users who arrive on websites from LLMs are generally less likely to engage than those from traditional organic search. That’s according to a new study published today by Dan Taylor of SALT.agency. This new data seems to challenge claims by Google and Microsoft Bing that citations from AI search results result in […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/15/llm-traffic-not-as-engaged-as-organic-traffic-study-search-engine-land/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/15/llm-traffic-not-as-engaged-as-organic-traffic-study-search-engine-land/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseMakeUseOf: These Results Illustrate Why Google Search Is So Awful in 2025. “If searching Google feels slower, messier, and less reliable than it used to, that’s because it is. Google’s results are now dominated by AI-generated text, aggressive ads, and SEO-optimized clutter, burying the trustworthy information you’re searching for.” SearchTweaks!.<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/makeuseof-these-results-illustrate-why-google-search-is-so-awful-in-2025/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/makeuseof-these-results-illustrate-why-google-search-is-so-awful-in-2025/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Land, and I pinky-swear I did not intentionally put these articles together: There is a growing spam problem in Google AI Overviews. “Yes, there is a growing spam problem in Google AI Overviews. A recent LinkedIn post highlighted that AI Overviews are easily manipulated, regurgitating content verbatim or hallucinating incorrect information, and that spammers are exploiting this […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/search-engine-land-there-is-a-growing-spam-problem-in-google-ai-overviews/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/search-engine-land-there-is-a-growing-spam-problem-in-google-ai-overviews/</a>

Till Grallert<a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tools</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#internet</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#searchengines</a> <a href="https://digitalcourage.social/tags/keywordsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#keywordsearch</a> From: <a href="https://social.coop/@5easypieces" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@5easypieces</a> <a href="https://social.coop/@5easypieces/114502986006759380" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://social.coop/@5easypieces/114502986006759380</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseCNBC: Perplexity AI wrapping talks to raise $500 million at $14 billion valuation. “The funding is on the lower end of Perplexity’s planned raise, which CNBC reported in March. During those early-stage talks, Perplexity was looking to raise between $500 million and $1 billion in funding at an $18 billion post-money valuation, per a source familiar.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/cnbc-perplexity-ai-wrapping-talks-to-raise-500-million-at-14-billion-valuation/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/14/cnbc-perplexity-ai-wrapping-talks-to-raise-500-million-at-14-billion-valuation/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseJURIST News: Italy’s Moltiply sues Google over anti-competitive practices. “Moltiply, Italy’s price comparison platform, filed a €2.97 billion damages claim against Alphabet’s Google search engine on Friday, alleging anti-competitive conduct and abuse of dominance that favored Google Shopping between 2010 and 2017.”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/12/jurist-news-italys-moltiply-sues-google-over-anti-competitive-practices/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/12/jurist-news-italys-moltiply-sues-google-over-anti-competitive-practices/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseWindows Latest: Microsoft’s Bing share is now 12.2%, Google drops to 79.10%, and it’s not due to ChatGPT. “In 2020, Bing handled one search in sixteen searches (roughly), but today it handles one in eight (March 2025) on desktop. To be precise, the ‘one search in sixteen’ figure comes from Bing’s average share for the whole of 2020 (6.14 %), and the ratio works out to about one in […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/12/windows-latest-microsofts-bing-share-is-now-12-2-google-drops-to-79-10-and-its-not-due-to-chatgpt/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/12/windows-latest-microsofts-bing-share-is-now-12-2-google-drops-to-79-10-and-its-not-due-to-chatgpt/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Land: Google says it is 20 times better at catching scams in Google Search. “Google said it is now able to catch 20 times the number of scammy pages within Google Search than it was previously. Google also said that it reduced the number of bad actors on the web impersonating airline customer service providers by more than 80% within Google Search. Google credits its AI and […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/11/search-engine-land-google-says-it-is-20-times-better-at-catching-scams-in-google-search/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/11/search-engine-land-google-says-it-is-20-times-better-at-catching-scams-in-google-search/</a>

Anne Delong<a href="https://sfba.social/@Mikal" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Mikal</a> <a href="https://raru.re/@ocean" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ocean</a> Well, as with other companies, competition and product reviews are needed to link good service to profits. So maybe consumers should change up their search engines.Here's an article from PC Magazine that compares them:<a href="https://www.pcmag.com/picks/go-beyond-google-best-alternative-search-engines" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.pcmag.com/picks/go-beyond-google-best-alternative-search-engines</a><a href="https://musician.social/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#searchengines</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Journal: ChatGPT Leads AI Search Race While Google & Others Slip, Data Shows. “ChatGPT leads the AI search race with an 80.1% market share, according to fresh data from Similarweb. Over the last six months, OpenAI’s tool has maintained a strong lead despite ups and downs. Meanwhile, traditional search engines are struggling to grow as AI tools reshape how people find […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/search-engine-journal-chatgpt-leads-ai-search-race-while-google-others-slip-data-shows/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/search-engine-journal-chatgpt-leads-ai-search-race-while-google-others-slip-data-shows/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Roundtable: Google Site Commands Display AI Overviews. “Here is a weird one – doing a site command and Google presenting an AI Overview summary of the results. In this case, the AI Overview was dead wrong – which is not all that uncommon – but why show an AI Overview here?”<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/search-engine-roundtable-google-site-commands-display-ai-overviews/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/search-engine-roundtable-google-site-commands-display-ai-overviews/</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseArs Technica: Claude’s AI research mode now runs for up to 45 minutes before delivering reports. “On Thursday, Anthropic announced significant upgrades to its AI assistant Claude, extending its research capabilities to run for up to 45 minutes before delivering comprehensive reports. The company also expanded its integration options, allowing Claude to connect with popular third-party […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/ars-technica-claudes-ai-research-mode-now-runs-for-up-to-45-minutes-before-delivering-reports/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/10/ars-technica-claudes-ai-research-mode-now-runs-for-up-to-45-minutes-before-delivering-reports/</a>

IT NewsU.S. v. Google: What Both Sides Argued in a Hearing to Fix Its Search Monopoly - The Justice Department and Google are wrapping up a three-week hearing that could have a ... - <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/technology/google-chrome-monopoly-remedies.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/technology/google-chrome-monopoly-remedies.html</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/regulationandderegulationofindustry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulationandderegulationofindustry</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mergersacquisitionsanddivestitures</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antitrustlawsandcompetitionissues</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/computersandtheinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computersandtheinternet</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artificialintelligence</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/decisionsandverdicts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#decisionsandverdicts</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/contenttype" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contenttype</a>:service <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/justicedepartment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#justicedepartment</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#searchengines</a>

Pyrzout :vm:Cyber criminals impersonate payroll, HR and benefits platforms to steal information and funds <a href="https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/cybercrime/2025/05/cyber-criminals-impersonate-payroll-hr-and-benefits-platforms-to-steal-information-and-funds" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/cybercrime/2025/05/cyber-criminals-impersonate-payroll-hr-and-benefits-platforms-to-steal-information-and-funds</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#searchengines</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/malvertising" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#malvertising</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/Cybercrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cybercrime</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/GoogleAds" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoogleAds</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phishing</a> <a href="https://social.skynetcloud.site/tags/payroll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#payroll</a>

ResearchBuzz: FirehoseSearch Engine Journal: 33% of Google Users Stuck with Bing After a Two-Week Trial: Study. “A study found that 33% of Google users continued to use Bing after trying it for two weeks. This challenges the prevailing notion about search engine preferences and Google’s market dominance. The research, published by the National Bureau of Economic Research, suggests Google’s market share isn’t […]<a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/33-of-google-users-stuck-with-bing-after-a-two-week-trial-study-search-engine-journal/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/08/33-of-google-users-stuck-with-bing-after-a-two-week-trial-study-search-engine-journal/</a>

eicker.news ᳇ tech news»<a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Alphabet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Alphabet</a> and <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Apple</a> shares sank after <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/EddyCue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EddyCue</a>, Apple’s services chief, said he believes that <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/AIsearchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AIsearchengines</a> will eventually replace standard <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#searchengines</a> such as Google.« <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/07/alphabet-shares-sink-on-report-apple-may-add-ai-search-to-its-browser.html?eicker.news" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/07/alphabet-shares-sink-on-report-apple-may-add-ai-search-to-its-browser.html?eicker.news</a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#media</a> <a href="https://eicker.news/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#news</a>

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