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Santiago recommends a Search API for web-search agents, saying it connects through MCP and reportedly returns search results with about 50% fewer tokens than competitors.

DeepSeek made its name with cheap AI models. Now it’s undercutting search API rivals, too. - The New Stack

DeepSeek releases two live web search APIs that integrate with apps without extra model calls, undercutting rivals with low cost while continuing to develop its own search engine and infrastructure to handle large-scale queries and multilingual content.

What Is AI Search? A Comparison of 8 Leading Tools, Citation Logic, and the Impact on Website Traffic - Whoops SEO

Translated title. Original: AI 搜尋是什麼？8 大工具比較、引用邏輯與網站流量影響 - Whoops SEO

ChatGPT can search the web to provide timely answers with links to relevant sources.

Social media search engines: How to use them in 2026

Social media search engines are platforms where users actively type queries to find information, with TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and others acting like search engines. They use AI-assisted features and social signals, requiring brands to optimize beyond traditional search to reach new audiences; both social and traditional search contribute to visibility.

XTEA Telegram search - Telegram group/channel/robot search engine

Translated title. Original: XTEA 电报搜索 - Telegram 群组/频道/机器人搜索引擎

XTEA is a no-login, free Telegram search tool that indexes thousands of channels, groups, and bots by topic, showing descriptions, subscriber counts, and categories, and opens results directly in Telegram.

We Opted Out of Google AI Search - Here's What Happened

A publisher’s single-site test found that opting out of Google’s AI search removed its AI visibility but left its organic ranking intact. The publisher estimated that AI search and its effect on regular results accounted for about 23% of its Google Search clicks, while warning that the findings may not apply to other sites.

AI Visibility and Local Rank Tracker - Local Falcon

Local Falcon helps users see and track their AI and local search performance, enabling better management of local SEO efforts through clear visibility into current standings.

ChatGPT hits 20% of Google Search volume, OpenAI says

OpenAI claims ChatGPT now accounts for about 20% of Google Search’s volume, signaling a rising challenge to Google as it pushes AI in search. Despite measurement gaps, the claim suggests ChatGPT could become the main competitor to Google, with monetization pressures shared by both companies.

DeepSeek Opens Its In-House Search Engine To Developers

DeepSeek opened its in-house Search API to developers, detailing filters for SEO spam, GEO manipulation, and low-quality AI content, with pages rated by authority and relevance. The system relies on site: queries, Fetch API rules, and a paid model structure, while the privacy policy and launch materials raise questions about third-party data sharing, crawler identity, and coverage of the index.

Internet search engines: Google, Bing, Yandex, and the new era of AI.

Translated title. Original: Internet tražilice: Google, Bing, Yandex i nova era AI-ja

The article argues that traditional search remains important, especially Google in Croatia, but AI summaries are changing how users reach websites. SEO still matters, though search visibility is less likely to result in a click.