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ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Land: Google updated its ranking algorithms for explicit videos and explicit content. “Google has revamped its search help documentation with revised guidelines for sites with explicit content. The new document covers how SafeSearch works, how Google handles sites with sexually explicit content and numerous best practices on the topic.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/search-engine-land-google-updated-its-ranking-algorithms-for-explicit-videos-and-explicit-content/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/search-engine-land-google-updated-its-ranking-algorithms-for-explicit-videos-and-explicit-content/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Found via Calishat Snaps: IndieSeas. From the front page: “IndieSeas is a search engine made exclusively for the indieweb. It scrapes based on 88×31 buttons, while respecting privacy and robots.txt policies.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/indieseas-searches-the-indieweb/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/indieseas-searches-the-indieweb/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Roundtable: Bing Search Tests Chat with Copilot Section. “Microsoft is testing a new ‘Chat with Copilot’ section within the Bing Search results. This section will give you query and question ideas that expand your original search query done on Bing and try to take you into Copilot, Microsoft’s AI search experience.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/search-engine-roundtable-bing-search-tests-chat-with-copilot-section/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/05/search-engine-roundtable-bing-search-tests-chat-with-copilot-section/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Journal: Google Search Console Fails To Report Half Of All Search Queries. “New research from ZipTie reveals an issue with Google Search Console. The study indicates that approximately 50% of search queries driving traffic to websites never appear in GSC reports. This leaves marketers with incomplete data regarding their organic search performance.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/04/search-engine-journal-google-search-console-fails-to-report-half-of-all-search-queries/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/04/search-engine-journal-google-search-console-fails-to-report-half-of-all-search-queries/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Reuters: Exclusive-Qwant asks French watchdog to take interim action against Microsoft, sources say. “Qwant has asked France’s antitrust regulator to take action against Microsoft for allegedly driving down the quality of the French search engine’s results via Microsoft’s Bing platform, people with direct knowledge of the matter said.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/04/reuters-exclusive-qwant-asks-french-watchdog-to-take-interim-action-against-microsoft-sources-say/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/04/reuters-exclusive-qwant-asks-french-watchdog-to-take-interim-action-against-microsoft-sources-say/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mashable: Google AI Overviews still struggles to answer basic questions and count. “Two staff members at Mashable asked Google other simple questions: ‘Is it Friday?’ and ‘How many r’s are in blueberry?’ It answered both simple questions incorrectly, spitting out that it was Thursday and there was only one r in blueberry, respectively. It’s worth noting that Google’s AI tools previously went […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/04/mashable-google-ai-overviews-still-struggles-to-answer-basic-questions-and-count/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/04/mashable-google-ai-overviews-still-struggles-to-answer-basic-questions-and-count/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Reuters: Google says it will appeal online search antitrust decision. “Alphabet’s Google on Saturday said it will appeal an antitrust decision under which a federal judge proposed less aggressive ways to restore online search competition than the 10-year regime suggested by antitrust enforcers.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/03/reuters-google-says-it-will-appeal-online-search-antitrust-decision-2/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/03/reuters-google-says-it-will-appeal-online-search-antitrust-decision-2/</a></p>
Harald Sack<p>In his keynote, Raphael Troncy is asking whether we should keep building knowledge graphs....taking into account 20 years of experience in building knowledge graphs</p><p><a href="https://2025.eswc-conferences.org/keynotes-announcement-raphael-troncy/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">2025.eswc-conferences.org/keyn</span><span class="invisible">otes-announcement-raphael-troncy/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/eswc2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eswc2025</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/semanticweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semanticweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/semweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>semweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/knowledgegraphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgegraphs</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/llms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>llms</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/generativeAI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>generativeAI</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/websearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websearch</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/keynote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>keynote</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>King5: Google admits it ‘incorrectly removed’ Kirkland business from parts of its search engine. “Efforts by a small Kirkland business have paid off after it was ‘suspended’ for months from showing up on parts of the Google search engine. A spokesperson told KING 5 the business was incorrectly removed. The workers from Kirkland-based Next Level Chimneys came with signs, protesting outside of […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/01/king5-google-admits-it-incorrectly-removed-kirkland-business-from-parts-of-its-search-engine/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/01/king5-google-admits-it-incorrectly-removed-kirkland-business-from-parts-of-its-search-engine/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>TechCrunch: Perplexity’s new tool can generate spreadsheets, dashboards, and more. “Perplexity, the AI-powered search engine gunning for Google, on Thursday released Perplexity Labs, a tool for subscribers to Perplexity’s $20-per-month Pro plan that can craft reports, spreadsheets, dashboards, and more.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/31/techcrunch-perplexitys-new-tool-can-generate-spreadsheets-dashboards-and-more/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/31/techcrunch-perplexitys-new-tool-can-generate-spreadsheets-dashboards-and-more/</a></p>
Farooq | فاروق<p>So I am thinking about launching a <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/searchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>searchengine</span></a> locally. It would cache so when I don't have internet access, I could browse the small web and enjoy great articles. I could also give access to interested friends and family.</p><p>Do you have suggestions other than <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/yacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>yacy</span></a> and <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/wiby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wiby</span></a>?</p><p>Yacy seems better but the search quality is not good. And regarding wiby, it uses <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/sql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>sql</span></a> for the database :/</p><p>Boosts very much appreciated.</p><p>PS: The blogs which do <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/linkdump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linkdump</span></a> like <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://oldbytes.space/@82mhz" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>82mhz</span></a></span> would be a very good seed. Already roasted meat ready to be served :)</p><p><a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/opensource" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensource</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/freesoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>freesoftware</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/websearchengine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websearchengine</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/websearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>websearch</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/opensourcewebsearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>opensourcewebsearch</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/web" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>web</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/smallweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>smallweb</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/askfedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfedi</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/askfediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>askfediverse</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/techadvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techadvice</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/techquestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>techquestion</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>technology</span></a> <a href="https://cr8r.gg/tags/computer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computer</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Land: Is it Tuesday? Google AI Overviews doesn’t know. “Google thinks today is Wednesday and yesterday was Tuesday. But it got the dates correct (today is May 29 and yesterday was May 28). So, yay Google also spit out this equally helpful answer, telling me the date is May 29 (correct) but again said that it’s Wednesday, even including a citation to a site.” This is so […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/search-engine-land-is-it-tuesday-google-ai-overviews-doesnt-know/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/29/search-engine-land-is-it-tuesday-google-ai-overviews-doesnt-know/</a></p>
Lucomo<p>Getting rid of AI web content in your browser, one page at a time:</p><p>💥 Using "parental control" browser add-ons to manually mark websites with stupid, repetitive AI content as "not appropriate for viewing" 💥</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/WebSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WebSearch</span></a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Reuters: Metals billionaire Potanin acquires minority stake in ‘Russia’s Google’. “Sanctioned Russian billionaire Vladimir Potanin has acquired a 9.95% stake in internet giant Yandex, often dubbed ‘Russia’s Google’, through companies he owns, according to statements published on Tuesday from companies involved.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/28/reuters-metals-billionaire-potanin-acquires-minority-stake-in-russias-google/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/28/reuters-metals-billionaire-potanin-acquires-minority-stake-in-russias-google/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Roundtable: Google AI Overviews Expand Again &amp; Lead To 10% Query Growth. “Surprise, surprise, as I called it, Google is expanding AI Overviews into more regions. I mean, we saw this being leaked/tested a couple of weeks ago, so it is not shocking news.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/27/search-engine-roundtable-google-ai-overviews-expand-again-lead-to-10-query-growth/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/27/search-engine-roundtable-google-ai-overviews-expand-again-lead-to-10-query-growth/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Ars Technica: Zero-click searches: Google’s AI tools are the culmination of its hubris. “The AI Overview box has been a fixture on Google’s search results page ever since its debut a year ago. The feature uses the same foundational AI model as Google’s Gemini chatbot to formulate answers to your search queries by ingesting the top 100 (!) search results. It sits at the top of the page, […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/25/zero-click-searches-googles-ai-tools-are-the-culmination-of-its-hubris-ars-technica/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/25/zero-click-searches-googles-ai-tools-are-the-culmination-of-its-hubris-ars-technica/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>MediaPost: Google Slammed By News/Media Alliance. “Google this week announced that AI Mode, a conversational tool, has been integrated into its traditional search engine, giving users more information about queries without attaching links traditionally offered in its search engine. But Danielle Coffey, president and chief executive of CEO of News/Media Alliance, said publishers have a major […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/24/mediapost-google-slammed-by-news-media-alliance/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/24/mediapost-google-slammed-by-news-media-alliance/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Mashable: Welcome to Google AI Mode! Everything is fine.. “It’s The Good Place, in which our late heroes are repeatedly assured that they’ve gone to a better world. A place where everything is fine, all is as it seems, and search quality just keeps getting better. Don’t worry about ever-present and increasing AI hallucinations here in the Good Place, where the word ‘hallucination’ isn’t even […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/mashable-welcome-to-google-ai-mode-everything-is-fine/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/mashable-welcome-to-google-ai-mode-everything-is-fine/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>PressGazette: Google AI Overviews leads to dramatic reduction in clickthroughs for Mail Online. “Mail Online is seeing a massive reduction in clickthrough rates from online search results when Google shows an AI summary for a keyword which the publisher ranks number one for.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/pressgazette-google-ai-overviews-leads-to-dramatic-reduction-in-clickthroughs-for-mail-online/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/pressgazette-google-ai-overviews-leads-to-dramatic-reduction-in-clickthroughs-for-mail-online/</a></p>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Search Engine Roundtable: Google Begins Rolling Out Discover On Desktop. “Since the weekend, Google has started to roll out Google Discover on desktop in many countries and regions. I personally can trigger it in Google New Zealand and some other locations but I am not yet able to trigger it on Google.com in the United States.”</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/search-engine-roundtable-google-begins-rolling-out-discover-on-desktop/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/05/22/search-engine-roundtable-google-begins-rolling-out-discover-on-desktop/</a></p>
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