Meta/Facebook plans to launch its own search engine

[Cpvr]

Meta is working on an AI-powered search engine to decrease its dependence on Google and Microsoft, according to a report from The Information. The search engine would reportedly provide AI-generated search summaries of current events within the Meta AI chatbot.
The Meta AI bot built into Instagram and Facebook currently uses Google — whose parent company, Alphabet, will report quarterly earnings tomorrow — and Microsoft Bing to answer questions about recent news and events.
That could eventually change, as Meta’s web crawler was spotted roving the web months ago. The Information’s source indicates a team has been working for about eight months to build a database of information for its chatbot. Meta has worked on building up location data that could compete with Google Maps, and last month, Bloombergreported that Apple’s work on search tools in the App Store showedhow it “has what it needs” for its own AI-powered Google Search replacement.
Last week, Meta also announced that it struck a multi-year deal with Reuters, allowing its chatbot to use the outlet’s news articles in answers. The Verge reached out to Meta with a request for comment but didn’t immediately hear back.
Otherwise, OpenAI has confirmed it’s working on an AI search engine called SearchGPT. At the same time, Perplexity’s AI search engine is the subject of lawsuits from News Corp and is also facing legal threats from other publishers, including The New York Times.

source: https://www.theverge.com/2024/10/28/24282017/meta-ai-powered-search-engine-report

 

[Bawse]

Sounds good for us. Another way to gain traffic. I wonder how much traffic I'll get from Facebook compared to Google once they launch their search engine.

 

[Nomad]

It is good to have a competition in the market, it is in the best interest of consumers, we really need to break the monopoly of Google.

 

[magnus2022]

Facebook is doing everything possible to be free from Google and other search engines. Facebook have grown to huge business model and can easily have their own search engine without much ado. At least, let Google have aggressive competitor.

 

[Starmix]

That sounds interesting, many will surely try to shift . I will also try that new browsing app, but it seems Chrome is unbeatable. I may forever use Chrome as my browser.

 

[Laurentta]

This is good news and i look forward to when this search engine would finally be launched.

 

[eLdavis]

They are definitely expanding, and trying to penetrate new markets, anyways let's see how this works out.

 

[Cpvr]

They are definitely expanding, and trying to penetrate new markets, anyways let's see how this works out.

Their content monetization program is also great. You can get paid for all your content on the platform now. It used to be strictly reels and videos.

 

[eLdavis]

Their content monetization program is also great. You can get paid for all your content on the platform now. It used to be strictly reels and videos.

Yea but it seems there are certain criterias you need to have to be qualified for monetizing your contents right?

 

[Cpvr]

Yea but it seems there are certain criterias you need to have to be qualified for monetizing your contents right?

There's some, but you have a way to do it faster if you have more than 500 friends on your main facebook profile. You can set your account to professional mode and start receiving stars after 1k friends. It's a lot different with fb pages though.

It's all based on engagement and the amount of activity from your page. Shares and comments help a lot now. You can also utilize groups and funnel your content through them as long as the page allows it.

 

[Trush Jodie]

Meta has already failed in launching a chat bot AI model. It should just focus on social media that it knows.