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I basically no longer use Google search for fact checking, product suggestions, or research. Every time I want to get some information, I just prompt perplexity. When I need to find something, I do the same. I only use Google with queries for "site:reddit.com" or "site:news.ycombinator.com" to get opinions of real people on a particular manner.

Now, before you jump on me saying that AI is wrong, this is true. But at the same time, I no longer can be 100% sure that whatever SEO optimized website I land at provides accurate information. If I need solid facts, I usually double check AI with various other sources. For queries like "best keyboard for software engineers", I'd rather get a table with pros/cons from AI rather than landing on whatever affiliate related website is promoted on Google. LLM gives me a good starting point to either dig deeper into particular products, or query further to find more suggestions.

Same for coding. I used to Google "how to split a string in ruby" and land on flame war, or 19 years old, StackOverflow question. Now I can get an updated answer from whatever LLM you prefer with a reference to the official documentation. It works for simple queries, as well as code snippets.

Lastly, I use LLMs to plan trips or gift ideas. I'd just throw in my preferences, and let LLM build a rough plan, from which I can iterate further, or start doing my own research.

I finally made DDG my main search engine because I use Perplexity for anything substantial. It works quite well

I don't even bother with the site: stuff, adding the site name like 'how to change a lightbulb reddit', 'tabs Vs spaces hacker news' seems to work just as well.

Neat! It works really good, didn't know that. Makes things easier on mobile. Thanks for sharing

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