Submitted 5 months ago by BrikoX@lemmy.zip to technology@lemmy.zip
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/
The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google’s AI Overview.
One way to edit the search URL is a proxy site like udm14.com, which is probably the biggest site out there popularizing this technique.
When people are making their own entire web sites to make it possible for people to adapt around UX issues of your web site (not just a handful, but enough people that there's one site that's identifiable as "the biggest"), you have lost the plot.
Pretty bold to say that you can eliminate ads and AI results, “for good”. It only happens because Google lets it for now.
For now at least
use duckduckgo guys
Ooh I got bad news for ya bud
What news?
www.duckduckgo.com
Publicizing it is so stupid.
Google can easily change that parameter on their end and not affect their own site. They could randomize it every few minutes and not miss a best.
degen@midwest.social 5 months ago
Or you could…not use Google. Cut the AI, but everything else about it is still shit.
nooneescapesthelaw@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Unfortunately there is no other free alternative that is as effective.
hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I don’t know how you view google as “effective”, but ddg is very good
RestrictedAccount@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I use DuckDuckGo for 95% of my search. I just add a !g if I’m not happy and I have the Google results
Grass@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
google itself isn’t even as effective. its all been downhill since seo became a thing
blakeus12@hexbear.net 5 months ago
startpage, searxng, duck duck go
TachyonTele@lemm.ee 5 months ago
There are a bunch of free search engines available.
JeffreyOrange@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Effective how? Are you actually talking about the search engine? But it’s so fucking bad. What can it do that the other big ones can’t?