We’ve seen a few reports in the last few months about younger people using TikTok as their search engine of choice for some queries. More specifically, it seems like users are increasingly turning to the video platform for searches related to business queries (e.g. restaurants), tutorials, and more.
So with that in mind, we thought we’d ask you whether you used TikTok as a search engine. Let us know by taking the poll below, and leave a comment if you’d like to elaborate on your search habits. Do you use TikTok as a search engine? 82 votes Yes, all the time 2% Yes, sometimes 4% No, I don't use it to search 94% We can understand why TikTok might be increasingly popular for searches like restaurants, for example. Food is a fixture on visual-driven social media platforms, so it’s a given that you’ll find great places to eat in your area with the relevant search. TikTok’s short-video format also seems like a great fit for tutorials.
In saying so, there are some types of search queries that simply don’t work well on the platform. These mostly relate to content not available on TikTok, as The Verge notes.
Searches on platforms other than dedicated search engines isn’t a new phenomenon, though. We’ve previously seen YouTube become a mega-popular search engine for its videos. A recent Android Authority poll also showed that most surveyed readers append “Reddit” to their search results, suggesting that Google’s engine isn’t dishing out the desired results.
Jessica Moore was sleeping at her Windermere home Saturday night when she and her husband got a call from their daughter Madeline, a transfer student at Florida State University who started classes less than two months earlier.
"The police are here," Madeline said, confirming her mother's frightful thoughts. "I just sat up and you just become a robot and start asking questions," said Jessica, a 47-year-old high school teacher. "Words can't describe what you feel as a parent." Soon she learned that someone smashed down the door of her daughter's third-floor apartment at the Villa Dylano student-housing complex, 400 Hayden Road, just off Jackson Bluff Road, around 3 a.m. What came first was the rhythmic banging, the sound of which Madeline, 21, compared to a military-grade battering ram: "It was the loudest banging I have ever heard," she told the Democrat Tuesday. "It was scary as hell." The scene after a break-in that occurred at a Villa Dylano apartment Saturday morning.
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