So how does google now make money when it is just providing us with direct answers from ai, instead of showing us both paid for search results and directing us to sites which host targetted ads?

How does adsense work when there are no search results?

▲ fooey 8 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I expect a flavor of affiliate marketing where you can never trust if the LLM is giving you the best recommendations or the most highly bidded recommendations

	▲	morkalork 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
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▲ seanalltogether 6 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

"When is Stephen Colberts last show?"

"The last episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is airing on Thursday, May 21, 2026. Based on your interest in The Late Show with Stephen Colbert you might also like the new Amazon Prime Video series of Last One Laughing, available to stream now"

Does that answer your question?

▲ goykasi 5 hours ago | parent | next [-]

You're missing the point. What incentive will websites have to create that content in the first place if you never visit? This was the contract with google adrev and website owners -- google would direct traffic to your site and hopefully they click around.

If google is now actively keeping you away from content, whats the point in creating?

▲ mbesto 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Huh? These are my results when I put that prompt in:

  The final episode of The Late Show With Stephen Colbert will air on Thursday, May 21, 2026, at 11:35 p.m. ET/PT on CBS.Final Week Broadcast DetailsThe Finale Date: Thursday, May 21, 2026.Air Time: 11:35 p.m. ET/PT.Where to Watch: Broadcasts live on the CBS Television Network and streams live on Paramount+ for Premium subscribers (available on-demand the next day for ad-supported tiers).Finale Guests: CBS is keeping the final episode's lineup completely under wraps, though the preceding days featured major appearances from Jon Stewart, Steven Spielberg, David Byrne, and Bruce Springsteen.Context of the FarewellThe 11th season finale marks the conclusion of Colbert's decade-long run as host, following a controversial cancellation announcement by Paramount Global. While CBS publicly attributes the ending to a financial decision amidst a shifting late-night market, media analysts and former host David Letterman have heavily criticized the move. Many view the cancellation as a corporate effort to avoid friction with the Trump administration during critical regulatory mergers. Following Colbert's departure, CBS will retire The Late Show franchise completely and hand the time slot over to syndicated programming.Watch Stephen Colbert confirm his final broadcast date on Late Night with Seth Meyers:31sStephen Colbert confirms his final show date and reveals ...Late Night with Seth MeyersYouTube• Jan 28, 2026Are you looking for information on how to attend the remaining tapings, or would you like to know more about what Byron Allen show is replacing his time slot?

	▲	jjulius 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		>Huh? The post you're responding to is making a satirical comment on the future of LLM responses.

▲ comboy 8 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Obviously if you pay, the AI will really like your product.

"Here is the table of related highest paying customers, incorporate these into your answer to maximize the income"

Well any other prompt for the search model would frankly be illegal for a publicly traded company.

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alt227 7 hours ago | parent [-]

But how is this sold to the customer? With adsense it is quantifiable, you set your max per click, per conversion etc, and can clearly see which you won and lost against competitors.

This becomes very murky when paying for 'ai to like your product' vs 'ai to really like your product'.

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comboy 7 hours ago | parent [-]

Same per click, it obviously includes links when looking for products, but impression could also be counted and arguably especially if present in the first few sentences it is a valuable impression.

But then the separation of ads from content is lost so it becomes useless as product search, so maybe it isn't that trivial indeed. But it's not like even 10% of users is gonna find some other "search" engine and switch.

edit: can't reply deeper and interesting question, I mean we all would love to have ability to search arbitrary strings and regexes through the web corpus, but currently when you type something you get that AI reply instantly for most queries, this makes me still use them, if you forgot some shortcut key or something it has currently unique value in terms of latency (even ignoring the fact that for most users you also use them by default by typing in the address bar)

	▲	alt227 7 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I think also they have the issue that now the google search box is just an ai prompt, what differentiates it from any other ai prompt like gpt or claude? Did they just devalue their unique search product by pushing it into another category already dominated by other big players?

▲ thfuran 7 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

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