A while in the past, I discussed in an article how I believed AI might change a conventional search engine, and the explanations behind that have been centered on the dearth of commercials, improved outcomes, and higher data.
To that declare, I am going to add this: I solely use AI for particular kinds of searches, principally analysis, the place I discover Google and DuckDuckGo to be lower than useful. For every part else, I am going to go along with a conventional search software.
Not too long ago, I found I might set Perplexity as my default search engine in my net browser, and it has been a game-changer. I am not going to say the outcomes are 100% useful and 100% correct, however the identical factor may very well be stated of Google, Bing, DuckDuckGo, and each search engine in the marketplace. In truth, I take this one step additional. With the Arc browser, I can set a particular search engine for various profiles. To that finish, I’ve Perplexity set because the search engine for my writing profile and DuckDuckGo set for my consumer profile. This fashion, after I’m in my writing or work Workspaces (that are related to my writing profile), I get the ability of AI for searches, and after I’m in another Workspace, I get the simplicity of a conventional search engine.
However with Perplexity, you get greater than only a search engine. You get information summaries (“What’s within the information in the present day?”), a deep analysis software that enables for follow-up questions, and you do not have to fret about advertisements or paid websites effervescent to the highest of your search queries. For instance, in my present e book, which is a sci-fi collection about rehousing the inhabitants on the moon, I’ve to search out out what may cause a “mud storm” of regolith on the moon. With Perplexity, I get my reply, however then I can observe up by asking questions concerning the reply, whereas nonetheless retaining the unique reply.
For me, this mixture of AI and conventional search has executed wonders for my skill to get the data I want shortly, and so long as I at all times vet any suspect AI reply, it is all good.
Let me present you the way I added Perplexity to each Chrome and Firefox.
How you can add Perplexity as a search engine for Chrome
What you may want: The one factor you may want for it is a operating occasion of the Chrome (or Chromium) net browser.
The very first thing to do is open Chrome, then click on on the menu button (three-dot button close to the higher proper nook), and click on Settings.
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On the ensuing web page, click on Search Engine within the left navigation after which click on “Handle search engines like google and web site search.”
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Within the ensuing “Web site Search” part, click on Add to open the “Add search web site” pop-up. On this pop-up, add the next data:
- Title: Perplexity
- Shortcut: perp
- URL: https://www.perplexity.ai/?q=%s
When completed, click on Add search engine.
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That is non-obligatory, as you possibly can at all times search with Perplexity by opening a brand new Chrome tab, typing “perp” within the handle bar, hitting your Tab key, after which typing your search string. If you wish to make Perplexity your default search engine, return to the Search engine part of Chrome Settings, scroll all the way down to Web site search, click on the three-dot menu button for Perplexity, and click on Make default.
Bingo, you are executed.
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How you can make Perplexity your default search engine in Firefox
With Firefox, we’ll add a third-party add-on.
1. Set up the add-on
Open Firefox and level it to the Search Engines Helper extension from inside the Firefox Add-ons retailer. If you would like, you may also try the supply for the extension on GitHub. Click on Add to Firefox after which, when prompted, click on Add.
2. Configure Perplexity as a search engine
Click on the Search Engines Helper extension on the Firefox toolbar and click on Add New Search Engine. Within the ensuing web page, kind https://www.perplexity.ai/?q=%s and every part else will auto-populate.
3. Add the search engine
Proper-click inside the Firefox handle bar and choose Add “perplexity.ai.” Now, in case you go to Settings > Search, you possibly can choose Perplexity as your default search engine.
And that, my mates, is all there’s to including Perplexity as your default search engine in Chrome and Firefox.
