TikTok Secretly , Partnered With Wikipedia, to Boost Search Results.<br />'The Verge' reports that TikTok users have been<br />increasingly using the popular app as a search engine, <br />to find everything from headlines to nearby restaurants.<br />Snippets from Wikipedia have increasingly <br />been coming up in search results <br />for people, places and things.<br />According to TikTok spokesperson Zachary Kizer, <br />the company has partnered with Wikipedia to <br />make information available directly in-app.<br />According to TikTok spokesperson Zachary Kizer, <br />the company has partnered with Wikipedia to <br />make information available directly in-app.<br />While the company has yet to formally <br />announce the partnership, the feature has <br />been live for several months, according to Kizer.<br />However, 'The Verge' reports that Wikipedia links don't <br />seem to appear consistently in search results, and it <br />remains unclear which searches include Wiki links.<br />The addition of Wikipedia links is just <br />one of the new features TikTok <br />has added to its search function.<br />In August, the app started <br />monetizing search results <br />by adding sponsored content. .<br />Earlier in 2023, TikTok announced a partnership <br />with IMBD which allows creators to link <br />films and TV shows in their videos.<br />Earlier in 2023, TikTok announced a partnership <br />with IMBD which allows creators to link <br />films and TV shows in their videos.<br />'The Verge' reports that Google is aware that <br />other platforms, including TikTok, have been <br />biting into the company's search dominance. .<br />Something like almost 40 percent <br />of young people, when they are <br />looking for a place for lunch, they <br />don’t go to Google Maps or Search <br />— they go to TikTok or Instagram, Prabhakar Raghavan, Google's SVP in charge of search, via 'The Verge'
