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💡The Convergence of AI and Traditional Search

💡The Convergence of AI and Traditional Search

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Jo Lambadjieva
April 24, 2024

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Happy Wednesday! Today we follow up our Search piece from yesterday looking at how search platforms like Yahoo blend AI into traditional search results. Further, we talk about Instagram’s possible integration of an influencer chatbot and how the advertising agency world is re-shaping due to AI.

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The Convergence of AI and Traditional Search

Today’s story follows our coverage from yesterday, where we talked about why AI won’t simply replace traditional Search but rather enhance it. Today we dive in deeper…

As the digital search landscape evolves, Yahoo, alongside other major players like Google and Microsoft, is navigating the integration of generative AI and traditional search formats. Yahoo's approach to search results now encompasses both AI-generated answers and conventional blue links, depending on the user's intent. This hybrid model aims to optimize the relevance and efficiency of search results.

Jim Lanzone, CEO of Yahoo, emphasizes that the search engines of today are equipped to discern the nature of queries and adapt their responses accordingly. This adaptive strategy extends beyond Yahoo, with companies like Perplexity and Google experimenting with mixed-result formats to balance user experience with operational costs.

The decision to blend AI-generated content with traditional links stems from the complexities of accurately interpreting user intents and the high costs associated with AI responses. While generative AI offers detailed, contextual answers, it demands significantly more computational resources than traditional methods and lacks a proven monetization model like ad-based revenue.

What does this mean for ecommerce sellers?

For ecommerce sellers, understanding and leveraging the dual nature of search results will be crucial in maintaining visibility and relevance in a rapidly changing digital marketplace. As search engines refine their abilities to understand and predict user intent with AI, being able to adapt your content strategy and SEO for this all while continuously optimising for traditional search engine ranking is critical. This means creating content that answers potential queries more contextually and holistically on top of keyword optimisation.

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