dandelion

I’m endlessly fascinated (not) by everyone talking about what search engines they use, from this one to that one, and paying this much or that much a month, week, minute, year. And I’m left asking myself just what the hell is everyone searching for?

I mean, really?

Is it hidden treasure, the lost city of the Incas/Aztecs, Eldorado, Amelia Earhart? What?

“Oh, I kept my searches down to 300 a month,” X says on social media, leaving me wondering what am I missing? Or more to the point, missing out on? Do I need 300+ searches of anything per month? Do I need a Kagi or a DuckDuckGo or even, dare I say it, Google?

What do these paid for subscription tools offer that Google doesn’t I ask myself, and why does everyone do so many searches a month? Maybe I’m missing out on buying into a goldmine or pearl fishery, or asking what the latest AI initiative is? I’m damned if I know why everyone’s got so many questions.

Personally, I use people as my search engine of choice, they’re far more easily accessible, fun, free, and usually yields more accurate, if not, amusing results at the end of the day. 

And let’s face it, does no one go to the library anymore, other than university students? Is it online search engine that killed the library and people’s ability to go manually searching for answers?

I guess the answer is to go ask some AI client or chatbot …

Or maybe, I’ll just go read a book.

𖡼.𖤣𖥧𖡼.𖤣𖥧