Google Announce Last Week That It is Rolling Out a New Search Tool Powered by he That’s the Calling, Simply, Ai Mode.
That is the bad for reddit.
Reddit has grown significantly over the past year, thanks in part to google to google prioritizing Redit links in its search results and Becuses searchers are offening for human input on an internet increasingly by he and automated bots.
At Google I/O Last Week, Google Ceo Sundar Pichai Described He Mode As a “Total Overhaul” of the Company’s Search Tool. He Mode Will Offer Users a More Conversational Experience, Rather than the Traditional List of Links. That means Google Can Give a Information Found on Reddit, with User Ever Having to Visit The Site.
This wills Mostly Affect Reddit’s Logged-Out User, Who Are More Casual Visitors with their Own Accounts. Logged-in users are Reddit’s everyday fans. Much of Reddit’s Growth is with Logged-Out User Coming Through Google Search.
On Monday, Reddit’s Stock Dropped About 5% AFTER FARGO SAID IT INDEPECTED REDDIT TO DECREASE AS “Google More Aggresively implements he features in search.”
It wasn’t the first time that Changes to Google’s Search Feature caused reddit’s stock to fall. Shares of the Company Fell by Over 15% in February after Huffman Said in an Earnings call that the Saw Traffic “Volatility” in the Fourth Quarter after Google Its Search Algorithm.
While algorithms are ofne often shifting (Just as ASS A Digital News Organization), Wells Fargo Said Recent User Disruptions on Reddit Are “Likely More Permanent” As Search Behavior Changes in Response to Google AI Advancements.
Reddit, Howver, Says that its logged-in users, who come to reddit directly, are the primary driver of its business.
“A LOT OF OUR PRODUCT WORK ALLOWS US TO DEVELOP AND CONSISTEDLY GROW THIS LOGGED-IN USSERS, WHICH ARE THE BEDROCK OF OUR IMPRESSIONS AND INVESTORY OF THEIR VER LONG ENGAGEMENT ON REDDIT,” Conference in March. “It ‘not existential for us … I think the Business is extramely healthy Becausee, Again, IT’S POWERED BY THE LOGGED-IN USSERS.”
Reddit also has its internal he search tool, reddit Answers, which replias to searches with a list of relevant information found in posts on the site.
Ultimately, Huffman Says he is confident that reddit will be placed on the internet Because of the Human Interactions it provides.
“There’s No Dubt Llms Will Evolve Search on the Internet. We Can All See That. IT’SMENTOME,” SAID IN AN EARNINGS CALL WITH INVESTORS EARLIER THIS MONTH. “Sometimes People Will Want the Summarized, Annotated, Sterile Answers from he, and we’re building this ourselves in reddit answers. But other times, they want the subsyctive, authentic, Multiple ViewPoints that reddit provides.”
“SO IN THE SAME WAY THAT REDDIT FOR THE LAST DECADE HAS BEEN AN ALTERNATIVE TO SOCIAL MEDIA – Social Media Being Performative and Manicured, and Reddit Being the Opposite – Reddit Communities Will Be an Alternative to AI Search Answers,” he added.