How do different generative search tools deal with links as the query?

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tags: Bing-Chat

October 5th, 2023

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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.

2023-10-04

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: What is LLM? How does Google rank search results?		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
Google	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 Sorry your network appears to be sending automated queries so we can’t process your search at this time. If you are seeing this in error please contact us.		N/A
Perplexity AI	Retrieved. Suggested follow-up questions: what is the difference between LLM and GPT in generative AI how can LLM-generated content be identified in search results what are some potential applications of LLM in natural language processing
Phind	Retrieved. Suggested follow-up questions (note: non-selectable text in a button): Are there any other proposed solutions or approaches to differentiate LLM-generated content in search results? What are the limitations or drawbacks of using custom attributes or classes to indicate LLM chat content? How effective is the use of the “ClaimReview” schema from schema.org in contextually representing LLM-generated content in search results? Can you provide examples of search engines that have updated their guidelines or best practices to address the issue of LLM-generated content? How likely is it that standards bodies like the W3C or search engine companies will adopt a standardized attribute to indicate LLM-generated content?
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