Mine either. An LLM found it for me. And I'm glad you didn't find it because tha...

sidewndr46 · 2025-07-01T20:45:01 1751402701

The latest use for AI in 2025: replacing obsolete and non-functional search engines like Google

IG_Semmelweiss · 2025-07-01T21:50:47 1751406647

Can we confidently say that top engineers have lost the battle with SEO spam ?

Or they just gave up ?

Or something else ?

wizzwizz4 · 2025-07-01T23:11:38 1751411498

With Google, at least, it was one division losing the battle with another division. https://www.justice.gov/d9/2023-11/417557.pdf

Searching some terms from this PDF (not in Google) brings up https://www.wheresyoured.at/the-men-who-killed-google/, which has a clearer narrative.

eru · 2025-07-01T23:47:33 1751413653

Thanks for the links, very interesting!

floydnoel · 2025-07-02T01:36:41 1751420201

engineers have nothing to do with it any more, is the entire issue.

keeganpoppen · 2025-07-02T03:57:53 1751428673

uhhhh... isn't that the latest use for AI in like 2023?