eBay Search and the new normal

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For Gen Z, TikTok Is the New Search Engine

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/technology/gen-z-tiktok-search-engine.html

Excerpt below. Please note the attached NYTimes story was confirmed using Google.😁

"While Google remains the world’s dominant search engine, people are turning to Amazon to search for products, Instagram to stay updated on trends and Snapchat’s Snap Maps to find local businesses.

Google has noticed TikTok edging into its domain. While the Silicon Valley company disputed that young people were using TikTok as a replacement for its search engine....

“In our studies, something like almost 40 percent of young people, when they’re looking for a place for lunch, they don’t go to Google Maps or Search. They go to TikTok or Instagram,” Prabhakar Raghavan...."

Not sure if the above story is funny or scary....as to how it relates to selling on eBay, etc going forward.

-Lotz