How to Really Search the Web on Google
Posted by: Josef EssbergerI have received a sudden flood of emails from EnglishClub members who want to know where their normal Google results have gone! The truth is they’ve gone to AI (Artificial Intelligence) and Google now displays a panel called AI Overview or similar (depends on your country) that many people find unhelpful.
With a quick Yandex search I found an easy way you can see Google results as you love them! It’s called “Web”! Just look at the top navigation links like News, Videos, Maps etc, and you’ll find one for Web. (You may have to check under More… first.) Click on Web and suddenly you get your old Google back, with a list of blue links like you always wanted :)
Default Google web search
Actually, it’s also possible to edit your browser settings to always show you Google with Web results. Depending on your browser and OS (operating system) you just go into Settings > Search, add a “new” Search Engine and give it the following URL:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14
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Posted by Josef Essberger May 2024
Contributor: Josef Essberger, founder of EnglishClub. Originally from London, England, Josef is the author of several books for learners of English including English Prepositions List and Learn English in 7.2 comments
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Eli Prescott says:
Thanks! Very helpful!
Something else not appearing anymore is the number of search results … but they do appear when clicking on “tools”.
(the above doesn’t seem to work when switching to “web”, though) -
Alex Case says:
I thought – this must be a joke, who doesn’t know how to use Google?? But actually incredibly useful!