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Barry SchwartzGoogle's <a href="https://mastodon.social/@methode" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@methode</a> did not confirm Google uses MUVERA but they may use something like it (maybe...) <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-did-not-confirm-using-muvera-39882.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.seroundtable.com/google-did-not-confirm-using-muvera-39882.html</a> hat tip @gaganghotra<a href="https://c.im/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlesearch</a>

Claire 🌊🇪🇺🇫🇷🌍1/ Search traffic is collapsing. Google’s new AI Overviews now answer user queries directly in search—no click required.📉 Global search traffic has dropped 15% in the past year, according to Similarweb.<a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/SearchTraffic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchTraffic</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/AIOverviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIOverviews</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://mstdn.party/tags/DigitalMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalMedia</a>

AwesomeCastGoogle’s new “AI Mode” is here — built directly into Search. Is it helpful, or just another confusing AI feature? We try it out and give honest feedback on <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AC743" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AC743</a> 👉 www.AwesomeCast.com <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AItools</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleAI</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/TechPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechPodcast</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchEngine</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AwesomeCast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AwesomeCast</a> <a href="https://twit.social/@sorgatron" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@sorgatron</a>

AwesomeCastGoogle Search is showing AI-generated summaries FIRST. Are we being misled by machines? 🤖 We ask the real questions in <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AC743" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AC743</a> 👉 www.AwesomeCast.com <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleAI</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AIsummary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIsummary</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/TechPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechPodcast</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchEngine</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AItools</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AwesomeCast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AwesomeCast</a>

AwesomeCastGoogle’s phasing out traditional search?! They’re betting big on new AI tools — Canvas, summaries & more. We break down what’s next on <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AC743" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AC743</a> 👉 www.AwesomeCast.com <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AItools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AItools</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/TechPodcast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TechPodcast</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/SearchEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchEngine</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/GoogleAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleAI</a> <a href="https://sorgatronmedia.social/tags/AwesomeCast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AwesomeCast</a>

WinbuzzerGoogle Supercharges Search AI Mode with Live Video, PDF Uploads, and 'Canvas' Workspace<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SearchAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchAI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SearchLive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchLive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleLens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleLens</a><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/30/google-supercharges-search-ai-mode-with-live-video-pdf-uploads-and-canvas-workspace-xcxwbn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/30/google-supercharges-search-ai-mode-with-live-video-pdf-uploads-and-canvas-workspace-xcxwbn</a>

ComputerBaseCanvas und Google Lens: Google erweitert den AI-Mode in der Suche um Dokumente <a href="https://www.computerbase.de/news/apps/canvas-und-google-lens-google-erweitert-den-ai-mode-in-der-suche-um-dokumente.93716/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.computerbase.de/news/apps/canvas-und-google-lens-google-erweitert-den-ai-mode-in-der-suche-um-dokumente.93716/</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlesearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AImode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AImode</a>

IT NewsMicrosoft launches new Copilot Mode in Edge as AI reignites browser competition - The new Copilot Mode in Microsoft Edge, launching today. (Microsoft Photo)AI ... - <a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-launches-new-copilot-mode-in-edge-as-ai-reignites-browser-competition/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.geekwire.com/2025/microsoft-launches-new-copilot-mode-in-edge-as-ai-reignites-browser-competition/</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#artificialintelligence</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/browsermarketshare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browsermarketshare</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/googlechrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlechrome</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlesearch</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/perplexityai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#perplexityai</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/browserwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#browserwars</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/copilotmode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#copilotmode</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/edgebrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#edgebrowser</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/webbrowsers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#webbrowsers</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/arcbrowser" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#arcbrowser</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/microsoft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#microsoft</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/operaaria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#operaaria</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gemini</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/openai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#openai</a> <a href="https://schleuss.online/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a>

RAWCHILIAtlanta Falcons sign SPEEDY PRO BOWL receiver DJ Chark <a href="https://www.rawchili.com/4422160/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawchili.com/4422160/</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AtlantaFalcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtlantaFalcons</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AtlantaFalconsNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtlantaFalconsNews</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AtlantaFalcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtlantaFalcons</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DetroitLions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DetroitLions</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/DJCharkFalcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DJCharkFalcons</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Football</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JacksonvilleJaguars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JacksonvilleJaguars</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LosAngelesChargers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LosAngelesChargers</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NFL</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NFLNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NFLNews</a>

Barry SchwartzGoogle Web Guide is here and you can opt into it - it uses Gemini AI to organize the web search results for you <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-web-guide-search-39826.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.seroundtable.com/google-web-guide-search-39826.html</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googleuserinterface" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googleuserinterface</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlesearch</a>

WinbuzzerGoogle Launches AI Virtual Try-On for Clothes and Smart Shopping Tools in the US<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Web</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIMode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ecommerce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Ecommerce</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/VirtualTryOn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#VirtualTryOn</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GenerativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GenerativeAI</a><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/24/google-launches-ai-virtual-try-on-and-smart-shopping-tools-in-the-us-xcxwbn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/24/google-launches-ai-virtual-try-on-and-smart-shopping-tools-in-the-us-xcxwbn</a>

Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️Surprising no one, new research says AI Overviews cause massive drop in search clicks <a href="https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/research-shows-google-ai-overviews-reduce-website-clicks-by-almost-half/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/07/research-shows-google-ai-overviews-reduce-website-clicks-by-almost-half/</a> <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44663227" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44663227</a>Pew Research Center analysis shows how hard AI is hitting web traffic. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SERP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SERP</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/InternetSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#InternetSearch</a>

WinbuzzerNew Pew Study Confirms Google AI Overviews Decimate Publisher Traffic<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AISearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AISearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PewResearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PewResearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PublisherRevenue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PublisherRevenue</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DigitalPublishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DigitalPublishing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchEngines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIMode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIOverviews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIOverviews</a><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/23/new-pew-study-confirms-ai-overviews-decimate-publisher-traffic-fueling-global-fight-with-google-xcxwbn" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/23/new-pew-study-confirms-ai-overviews-decimate-publisher-traffic-fueling-global-fight-with-google-xcxwbn</a>

United States News BeepThe End of the Search Era: How AI Is Quietly Breaking the Internet’s Traffic ModelIt happened quietly. At the beginning of 2023, generative artificial intelligence (AI) and the chatbots powered by large… <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/NewsBeep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NewsBeep</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USA</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStates</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/UnitedStatesOfAmerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#UnitedStatesOfAmerica</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Internet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Internet</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Artificialintelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Artificialintelligence</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ChatGPT</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gemini</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/OpenAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OpenAI</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/searchaiinternettrafficmodelcontentwebsitesnewspublishersnewsroom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#searchaiinternettrafficmodelcontentwebsitesnewspublishersnewsroom</a>&nbsp;ai <a href="https://newsbeep.org/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Technology</a> <a href="https://www.newsbeep.com/us/27759/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.newsbeep.com/us/27759/</a>

My name is Gordo (not really)Has anyone else on a mission to find a daily driver search engine that isn't Google or Bing given Mojeek a look? It's been around since 2004, with its own crawler and index of somewhere in the realm of 6-7 billion pages, all run from a data center in the UK run by Custodian Data Centres, who claim its one of the greenest in the country (can't vouch for the veracity of that claim; it's all news to me).They've also been lamenting the state of search on the web for years, and discussing the need for more independent search indexes, so they seem to be on the right side of the fight. Obviously, corporations are not your friends, so yeah, that could change at any moment, but while I like SearXNG (when my preferred instance is fully operational; it was barely usable for the last day or two), and Startpage when it's not telling me I'm blocked for acting like a bot or using a VPN I'm definitely not using???, they're both still meta engines aggregating results from the usual suspects (in the case of SearXNG, a very flexible one that lets the end user choose which sources they want/don't want results from, but still), so I think there's value in having at least one other actual independent crawler with its own index, and much like web browsers, it's an increasingly difficult thing to do from scratch without VC money (Cliqz tried, but couldn't survive the pandemic).Anyway, I set it as my default engine in LibreFox yesterday, and am going to trial it for at least a few days to see how it goes. Will report my findings.And here's some hashtag spam (please do share your info/experiences, if so inclined): <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/search" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#search</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/searchengines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#searchengines</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlesearch</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/duckduckgo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#duckduckgo</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mojeek" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mojeek</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/TryMojeekSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TryMojeekSearch</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/searxng" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#searxng</a>

RAWCHILIFalcons GM has made GENIUS moves <a href="https://www.rawchili.com/4406365/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.rawchili.com/4406365/</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AtlantaFalcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtlantaFalcons</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AtlantaFalconsNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtlantaFalconsNews</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/AtlantaFalcons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AtlantaFalcons</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Football" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Football</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JamesPearceJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JamesPearceJr</a>.Falcons <a href="https://channels.im/tags/NFL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#NFL</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/TerryFontenotFalconsGM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TerryFontenotFalconsGM</a>

Nicholas A. Ferrell<a href="https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/blocking-independent-search-crawlers-07-17-25/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/blocking-independent-search-crawlers-07-17-25/</a>I read an interesting Hacker News comment by <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44589165" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">user dumbfounder</a> (great username!) on Hacker News today. I excerpt the pertinent part below:<blockquote>I created a search engine that crawled the web way back in 2003. I used a proper user agent that included my email address. I got SO many angry emails about my crawler, which played as nice as I was able to make it play. Which was pretty nice I believe. If it’s not Google people didn’t want it. That’s a good way to prevent anyone from ever competing with Google.<a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=dumbfounder" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">dumbfounder</a></blockquote>I have had <a href="https://social.emucafe.org/naferrell/03-19-25-sbinstitutionsbot-visits/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">problems with bad crawlers</a> (especially bad AI cralwers) on my sites. At the same time, dumbfounder highlights the reverse side of the coin. Many sites block good crawlers such as robots.txt-respecting crawlers for indepdent search engines. While all webmasters are free to control access to their sites as they see fit, allowing Google and other select big tech search crawlers while excluding small and independent search crawlers both limits search diversity and prevents people who may rely on small or niche search engines such as <a href="https://www.mojeek.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Mojeek</a>, <a href="https://marginalia-search.com/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Marginalia</a>, or <a href="https://search.seznam.cz/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Seznam</a> from discovering potentially interesting writing. I previously <a href="https://thenewleafjournal.com/whitelisting-independent-search-crawlers/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">published an article on this issue</a> advocating for webmasters who want to support an open web and search engine diversity to ensure that good crawlers from independent search engines and directories can access their sites.<a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://social.emucafe.org/tag/bots/" target="_blank">#bots</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://social.emucafe.org/tag/google-search/" target="_blank">#googleSearch</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://social.emucafe.org/tag/marginalia-search/" target="_blank">#marginaliaSearch</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://social.emucafe.org/tag/mojeek/" target="_blank">#mojeek</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://social.emucafe.org/tag/search-engines/" target="_blank">#searchEngines</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://social.emucafe.org/tag/seznam/" target="_blank">#seznam</a>

Barry SchwartzGoogle upgrades AI Mode and Deep Search to Gemini 2.5 for a fee - yea, the future best of Google Search costs ya <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mode-gemini-2-5-pro-deep-search-39778.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ai-mode-gemini-2-5-pro-deep-search-39778.html</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/googleaimode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googleaimode</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#gemini</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlesearch</a>

Barry SchwartzGoogle announces new AI local calling agentic feature, which is like the Google Ask For Me labs feature, which can be hit or miss <a href="https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ask-for-me-answers-39748.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.seroundtable.com/google-ask-for-me-answers-39748.html</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#google</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googleai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googleai</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googlelocal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlelocal</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googleaimode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googleaimode</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/googlesearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#googlesearch</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/agentic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#agentic</a>

WinbuzzerGoogle Search Deploys AI Calling Agent, Upgrades AI Mode with Gemini 2.5 Pro and Deep Search<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Google</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Gemini" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Gemini</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIAssistant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIAssistant</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DeepSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DeepSearch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AIMode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIMode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Web</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SearchEngines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SearchEngines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GoogleSearch</a><a href="https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/16/google-search-deploys-ai-calling-agent-upgrades-ai-mode-with-gemini-2-5-pro-and-deep-search-xcxwbn/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://winbuzzer.com/2025/07/16/google-search-deploys-ai-calling-agent-upgrades-ai-mode-with-gemini-2-5-pro-and-deep-search-xcxwbn/</a>

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