Search moving to ai
Apparently the future of advertising is no longer Google and is moving to ai chatbots. Here’s the results of a Chat GPT search:
🎈 Top Balloon Arch Delivery Services in the UK
- Balloon.co.uk • Coverage: Nationwide, including Nottingham • Specialties: Air-filled biodegradable arches suitable for both indoor and outdoor events • Pricing: Starts at £275 for the arch, plus £95 for delivery and setup (excluding VAT) • Notable Clients: Experience with large-scale installations, including 43 arches across the UK in one day
I wonder how long it will be before Amazon somehow becomes the top result?
In general Google search become junkiefied like an Instagram timeline. In the beginning it was a simple list of results with maybe 1 ad. Now it’s a page of junk.
The cleanest results at the moment come from Kagi & DuckDuckGo.
balloon.co.uk Down for an hour
Website down for an hour (balloon.co.uk). Traced the problem to Idaq.com who have hosted the domain name for 25 years (& balloon.uk).
They don’t provide hosting for the website, they point the domain to the server.
Did a bit of digging and their latest reviews were not looking too good so I requested to transfer the domains to Godaddy.
I can understand a server going down but I can’t understand how a DNS forward can stop. It even broke my emails.