How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
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Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#2It won't be long before google removes or butchers this feature. Like the feature that used to exist where you could easily block domains from being returned in a search, I guess it was too popular, as this "web" view likely will be too
Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#3Is it worth it? Should we fight against search engine with workarounds like this? Looks like AI is just another problem with Google Search. But maybe I don't feel this pain like you do. I've fixed them all about a year ago by switching to Kagi and never looked back.
Well, maybe at the beginning a little bit, but I like Kagi results more than Google now.
Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#4Honest question - why still use Google at all? Whenever DDG became good enough (seven? ten? years ago?) I used it exclusively. Lately I use a mix and have moved on from DDG, but I still never went back to Google and don't understand how people can tolerate it; I find the results really bad.
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#5I like the web feature, specifically when you are researching. Can understand the "hiding" at this point, as I guess they are still figuring out the best place for it. Sundar Pichai in some interview said that generative search only appears on some specific queries. If that is true, and they have some logic to determine which experience to show (i think i might be wrong here), then would love to see "web" option as default or in the top strip for research type queries where it's most needed.
Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#6I also use the Vivaldi browser, and the trick from the article (adding %s&udm=14 to the search URL in the search settings) works just as advertised. Such a pleasant little QOL improvement.
Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#7Honest question - why still use Google at all? Whenever DDG became good enough (seven? ten? years ago?) I used it exclusively. Lately I use a mix and have moved on from DDG, but I still never went back to Google and don't understand how people can tolerate it; I find the results really bad.
Try using Google like an average person. I Googled "best places to visit in Peru", and Google gave me a little drop down right there on the page that listed a few, without me having to go elsewhere. DDG did not.
Google wins. Even if it didn't, at this point DDG would have to be a lot better for the average person to switch (with that name, especially)...it just isn't.
HN is such an echo chamber with this that sometimes you might forget that Google is the best search engine for a normal person. Maybe they will footgun it with AI, though.
Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#8Honest question - why still use Google at all? Whenever DDG became good enough (seven? ten? years ago?) I used it exclusively. Lately I use a mix and have moved on from DDG, but I still never went back to Google and don't understand how people can tolerate it; I find the results really bad.
This.
I may yet pay for Kagi because the ability to block certain domains is suuuuper useful.
Looking at you Pinterest.
Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#9I also use the Vivaldi browser, and the trick from the article (adding %s&udm=14 to the search URL in the search settings) works just as advertised. Such a pleasant little QOL improvement.
If you are using Chrome (or perhaps other browsers) instructions from this page work: https://tenbluelinks.org/
Re: How I Made Google's "Web" View My Default Search
#10Honest question - why still use Google at all? Whenever DDG became good enough (seven? ten? years ago?) I used it exclusively. Lately I use a mix and have moved on from DDG, but I still never went back to Google and don't understand how people can tolerate it; I find the results really bad.
Outside of the US your mileage may very much vary with other search engines, unfortunately.