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Category: Sharing searching

Criteria: Are share links (or links to searches) indexed and searchable in search engines (or the system itself)?

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Andi Search Metaphor Perplexity AI Phind You.com
Are share links (or links to searches) indexed and searchable in search engines (or the system itself)?
Permitting share links to be indexed by search engines may allow searchers elsewhere to find and evaluate the quality of the system responses. Depending on the disclosure in the interface this may pose a privacy risk to users. It may be viewed explicitly as a growth strategy by a search system.

Evaluation details: I am currently looking only at `site:` searches on Google.

See a links to conversations about this on Twitter here.
N/A
Yes

You can find links to searches in Google: g[site:https://metaphor.systems/search].

Note: There are no 'conversations' on Metaphor.

Google result count: 6
Yes

You can find shared links on Google: g[site:https://www.perplexity.ai/search/]

Many of these searches may be sourced from the links provided on the Perplexity AI Discover page (which appear to be from Perplexity Bot (accessed via their Discord server). Perplexity Bot is identified as the account for many of the searches found on Google (example link here), others are anonymously sourced (example) or identified accounts (N.b. A few of the results are links I've shared myself: g[site:perplexity.ai/search danielsgriffin].

Google result count: 3,210
Yes

You can find shared links on Google: g[site:phind.com/search]

Note: Finding a Jan 19, 2023 tweet from Phind's CEO is what initiated my review of this criteria.

Google result count: 6
Partial

You can find links to searches on Google: g[site:you.com/search]

Google result count: 267

It does not appear that shared YouChat links are currently searchable on Google. @vijayabhaskarj reported finding chat links on Google on Jun 4, 2023.

Permitting share links to be indexed by search engines may allow searchers elsewhere to find and evaluate the quality of the system responses. Depending on the disclosure in the interface this may pose a privacy risk to users. It may be viewed explicitly as a growth strategy by a search system.

Evaluation details: I am currently looking only at `site:` searches on Google.

See a links to conversations about this on Twitter here.

Are share links (or links to searches) indexed and searchable in search engines (or the system itself)?

N/A

Metaphor

Are share links (or links to searches) indexed and searchable in search engines (or the system itself)?

Yes

You can find links to searches in Google: g[site:https://metaphor.systems/search].

Note: There are no 'conversations' on Metaphor.

Google result count: 6

Perplexity AI

Are share links (or links to searches) indexed and searchable in search engines (or the system itself)?

Yes

You can find shared links on Google: g[site:https://www.perplexity.ai/search/]

Many of these searches may be sourced from the links provided on the Perplexity AI Discover page (which appear to be from Perplexity Bot (accessed via their Discord server). Perplexity Bot is identified as the account for many of the searches found on Google (example link here), others are anonymously sourced (example) or identified accounts (N.b. A few of the results are links I've shared myself: g[site:perplexity.ai/search danielsgriffin].

Google result count: 3,210

Phind

Are share links (or links to searches) indexed and searchable in search engines (or the system itself)?

Yes

You can find shared links on Google: g[site:phind.com/search]

Note: Finding a Jan 19, 2023 tweet from Phind's CEO is what initiated my review of this criteria.

Google result count: 6

You.com

Are share links (or links to searches) indexed and searchable in search engines (or the system itself)?

Partial

You can find links to searches on Google: g[site:you.com/search]

Google result count: 267

It does not appear that shared YouChat links are currently searchable on Google. @vijayabhaskarj reported finding chat links on Google on Jun 4, 2023.