The search engine has been a key Internet tool since the early days. Before the Web was a thing, I fondly remember Archie (from “archive” without the “v”), which indexed filenames on FTP servers, ...

Internet search engines used to be purely about what's best for you and me, and giving us what we're looking for. Now, search engines don't want to guide you to information on the internet. Instead, ...

Khamosh Pathak is a freelance tech journalist with over 13 years of experience writing online. An accounting graduate, he turned his interest in writing and technology into a career. He holds a ...

Lisa M. Given receives funding from the Australian Research Council and Australia's eSafety Commission. She is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and the Association for ...

Diamonds aren’t the only thing that lasts forever. The internet keeps everything you’ve ever said, posted, liked, or done while visiting, and it sells it ...

For years, optimizing content meant focusing almost entirely on Google and other traditional engines. But with the rapid rise of generative AI chatbots – tools that don’t just link but summarize – ...

Google has ended free full-web search for Programmable Search Engine and capped the free tier at 50 domains, forcing partners ...