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AI chatbots will replace website search bars completely

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“We are still used to, I already mentioned, kind of a stupid activity of typing keywords.”

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if you go to the website and you don't have a smart AI chatbot, you may say, why? Why not? We are still used to, I already mentioned, kind of a stupid activity of typing keywords. Very soon. Very, very soon, we will all forget about that because that's not the natural way to communicate with ecommerce web store. You would prefer to talk to someone, like with a salesperson.

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Alex Dang argues that traditional keyword-based website search is becoming obsolete and will be replaced by conversational AI chatbots. He predicts users will soon expect to interact with e-commerce sites through natural conversation, similar to talking with a salesperson, rather than typing search terms.

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This clip captures a bold prediction about the imminent death of traditional web search interfaces in favor of conversational AI.

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