Google

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• Google Search has declined through AI28%

  Critics say Google no longer works well as a search engine because AI Overviews are cumbersome, inaccurate, or displace relevant web pages and links. Some say Google should have stayed focused on conventional search.

  • “Google doesn’t feel like a search engine anymore. A search engine is supposed to help you find relevant pages across the web. But in my niche, Google barely does that now. For 80% of the keywords I target, the first three results are YouTube videos. For one keyword, every”

    @BuildToCite · Oct 4

  • “@elonmusk Google and Microsoft backed search feels heavy, and the AI overviews tend to be long and full of hallucinations. Could you make a Grok-based search engine, not just a chatbot? It would help if links came first, and the AI summary could be turned off. An own index,”

    @joypp407 · Oct 3

  • “Why Google is no longer a search engine”

    @claude_folio · Oct 5

• Google remains the leading search engine8%

  Supporters say Google will remain dominant because its search, AI features, platforms, and broader ecosystem are difficult to replace. Some describe it as still useful or preferable to alternatives.

  • “Google will forever remain the #1 search engine.”

    @seppify · Oct 6

  • “startpage is genuinely such an awful search engine im lwk bout to just swap back to google”

    @comrade_gerge · Sep 30

• Businesses should optimize across platforms8%

  These posts argue that businesses should not rely on Google alone, but should remain visible across search, social, video, maps, and AI platforms because customers use multiple discovery channels.

  • “Search Everywhere Optimization is becoming more important. Your customers don’t search only on Google anymore. They search on: Google, Reddit, YouTube, TikTok, ChatGPT, maps, and other platforms. So don’t optimize for one search engine. Be visible wherever your customers look”

    @owais_1998_ · Sep 30

  • “YouTube is the world's 2nd biggest search engine after Google. If you apply SEO principles to your YouTube videos, including shorts, they will have a much longer life and bring in a nice long-tail of traffic.”

    @revcjackson · Oct 3

• Search should be engineered technically6%

  These posts argue that SEO should be treated as a technical engineering discipline or operating system rather than generic writing, vague consulting, or routine content work.

  • “90% of SEO advice online is completely obsolete. Agencies will charge you $5,000/month just to change title tags, write generic blog posts, and send you a PDF report you never read. The truth? SEO is not creative writing. It is an engineering discipline with 9 distinct layers.”

    @AIEcomHQ · Oct 3

  • “Most marketing agencies sell SEO as creative writing and vague consulting hours. The top 1% treat it as an engineered, 9-department technical operating system. If your organic search pipeline relies on manual checklists and scattered spreadsheets, you are running an inefficient”

    @AIEcomHQ · Oct 2

• Knowledge Panels benefit brands6%

  Supporters say Knowledge Panels improve trust, visibility, credibility, and clicks, and that businesses can strengthen them through better entity signals.

  • “🔎 What Is a Google Knowledge Panel? A Knowledge Panel gives users quick, trusted information about your business, brand, or organization directly in Google search results. ✨ Builds Trust & Credibility 👁️ Increases Brand Visibility 🖱️ Drives More Clicks 🏢 Improves Brand”

    @NarasinguP · Oct 2

  • “What does Google know about your brand? A Knowledge Panel can shape how people see your business in search. Learn how Google builds these panels and what you can do to strengthen your brand’s online entity signals.”

    @seoninjainc · Oct 5

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