Comment by superloika

5 hours ago

Block the AI overviews with extensions like https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hide-google-ai-over... or use a userscript to do the same.

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delecti  4 hours ago

Alternatively, just change your browser's default search shortcut, and add &udm=14 to the end of the normal google search. It changes the default search results to "web" rather than "All", which removes all the extraneous crap they've added over the years.

Compare https://www.google.com/search?q=test to https://www.google.com/search?q=test&udm=14

  • svieira  38 minutes ago

    The wild thing is how much faster it is to load. I'd almost forgotten how fast Google's default search used to be. Thank you!

tremon  5 hours ago

You can block the entire AI response, but not the paid-for product placement in the response separately.

  • superloika  5 hours ago

    Block the entire AI response. It's not a good thing. It tells you whatever google wants you to see. It's an incredibly powerful brainwashing tool.

    • hootz  5 hours ago

      The search results without AI also tell you whatever Google wants you to see. The immediate solution is not to block AI summaries, it's to stop using Google entirely.

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    • sgt  5 hours ago

      These days, the AI response is often a lot better than the actual search results. Search result quality has dropped drastically the last decade. Sometimes it feels even Altavista had better results than today's Google.

  • onionisafruit  5 hours ago

    The blog post says ‘These formats will also continue to be clearly labeled as “Sponsored.”’. We will probably be able to block them about as well as we can block sponsored search results.