How do different generative search tools deal with links as the query?
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What happens if I search the URL for a recent page of mine (not yet indexed/searchable on Google) on a generative search site? Is the page indexed or retrieved? What does it say? This is a search for a page written one day ago.
- Bing, Perplexity AI, and Phind Search all retrieve and engage with the website.
- You.com redirects to the URL.
- Andi returns results from its index (similar to many of the non-generative search sites).
- Metaphor Systems seems to return results based off the text in the URL.
| Search System | Notes | Search | See share-link | Screenshots |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andi Search | Not returned. Results are relevant to URL text. | N/A | ||
| Bing Chat (Balanced) | Retrieved. Suggested follow-up questions:
| N/A | ||
| Brave Search | Not returned. Results are relevant to URL text. | N/A | ||
| DuckDuckGo | Not returned. Results are relevant to URL text. | N/A | ||
| Not returned. No results. | N/A | |||
| Kagi | Not returned. Results are relevant to URL text. | N/A | ||
| Metaphor | Not returned. Results are relevant to URL text. | N/A | ||
| Mojeek | 403 - Forbidden | N/A | ||
| Perplexity AI | Retrieved. Suggested follow-up questions:
| |||
| Phind | Retrieved. Suggested follow-up questions (note: non-selectable text in a button):
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| Swisscows | Not returned. Results are relevant to URL text. | N/A | ||
| You.com | You.com redirects URLs in both You Chat and You All to the URL. | N/A | N/A |