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  • "Just give me the f***ing links!"

    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jan 31 11:17:47 2025
    "Just give me the f***ing links!"---Cursing disables Google's AI
    overviews

    The latest trick to stop those annoying AI answers is also the most
    cathartic.
    ...
    ...
    For those who want to get rid of AI Overviews without a curse-filled
    filling their Google search histories with curse words, users have
    discovered plenty of other methods for disabling the intrusive
    recommendations. Just after Google launched the AI Overviews feature,
    savvy searchers noted that adding "&udm=14" to the search URL would
    get rid of both the AI Overviews and the "Web Snippets." A little
    fiddling with browser settings or plug-ins can even get this URL
    parameter inserted automatically into every search.

    More recently, some Google users have noticed that appending the
    string "-ai" to a search (without quotes) seems to also turn off AI
    Overviews in the results. That method has worked in Ars' testing, as
    has appending practically any other text string after a minus sign at
    the end of a search, for some reason.

    https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/01/just-give-me-the-fing-links-cursing-disables-googles-ai-overviews/

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Feb 13 13:53:19 2025
    On 1/31/2025 12:17 PM, JAB wrote:
    "Just give me the f***ing links!"---Cursing disables Google's AI
    overviews
    ...
    ...Just after Google launched the AI Overviews feature,
    savvy searchers noted that adding "&udm=14" to the search URL would
    get rid of both the AI Overviews and the "Web Snippets."
    How absurd that you have to tweak things to just get what you need. Fortunately, since Duck Duck Go, I haven't had to look at Google search
    in 5+ years.

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  • From D@21:1/5 to Michael Trew on Thu Feb 13 21:56:31 2025
    On Thu, 13 Feb 2025, Michael Trew wrote:

    On 1/31/2025 12:17 PM, JAB wrote:
    "Just give me the f***ing links!"---Cursing disables Google's AI
    overviews
    ...
    ...Just after Google launched the AI Overviews feature,
    savvy searchers noted that adding "&udm=14" to the search URL would
    get rid of both the AI Overviews and the "Web Snippets."
    How absurd that you have to tweak things to just get what you need. Fortunately, since Duck Duck Go, I haven't had to look at Google search in 5+ years.


    This is the truth! You are a wise man Michael! Sometimes I do use startpage.com, but ddg works about 90% of the time.

    I recommend duck.ai also, for search on steroids for things that are of
    lesser importance.

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