Meta is reportedly working on an AI-powered search engine that will crawl the web for information, a move that could disrupt how advertising is sold online. By cutting outside search engines out of chatbot interactions, Meta hopes to sell hyper-targeted ads that it can sell at premium prices.

Poor-quality product data routinely has severe implications for retailers. If left unresolved, bad data hinders the effectiveness of business operations, product search and discovery, customer satisfaction, and sales.

By providing additional control over search results, search merchandising helps retailers implement business objectives that search engines often fail to address.

The latest research on consumer behavior shows that one of computing's most basic functions for users -- the search window -- paired with generative AI, is becoming a new tool for creating a more connected experience during customer engagement.

Anyone who's done a Google search knows it's already stuffing AI summaries into its search results, but it will be upping its ante in AI when a program called Search Generative Experience (SGE) exits its current experimental phase. The feature could be a nightmare for content creators.

Virtual agents and AI chatbots will be eating into search engine volumes over the next two years, causing them to decline by 25%, according to a new Gartner report.

Complaints by users of the declining quality of search engine results contain a seed of truth, according to a recent study released by a group of academic researchers.

Despite Microsoft's introduction of generative AI into its search engine Bing, the company has failed to cut into the share of market leader Google.

Microsoft may have ushered in a paradigm shift with the release of new versions of its search engine, Bing, and web browser, Edge -- both now powered by artificial intelligence.

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