Original Internet Tech & Culture @fed.dyne.org Settoletto 🍤 @fed.dyne.org 2mo ago

adding "udm=14" to the search URL to de-google google

tedium.co How I Made Google’s “Web” View My Default Search

Forget AI. Google just created a version of its search engine free of the extra junk it has added over the past decade-plus. You just need one URL parameter.

The results are fascinating. It’s essentially Google, minus the crap. No parsing of the information in the results. No surfacing metadata like address or link info. No knowledge panels, but also, no ads. It looks like the Google we learned to love in the early 2000s, buried under the "More" menu like lots of other old things Google once did more to emphasize, like Google Books.

Technology @lemmy.world ekZepp @lemmy.world 6mo ago

Does One Line Fix Google? - A “Web” filter that presents what Google used to look like a decade ago | tedium.co

tedium.co /2024/05/17/google-web-search-make-default/

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or... use an alternative. Seriously, google is getting worse. Its not that hard to beat now. I use DuckDuckGo (mainly just bc I like the UI, and it's not google)
- I don't think DDG is an alternative (basically bing in a trenchcoat), but your point is valid.
  
  yeah, I've tried switching but their feature of "!a frog plushie" turns into searching Amazon for frog plushie is super helpful and it's hard to leave it behind 🥲
The company has essentially bet that you’ll be better off with a pre-parsed guess produced by its AI engine.

The company has essentially bet that ~~you’ll~~ they'll be better off with a pre-parsed guess produced by its AI engine.