hedge@beehaw.org to Technology@lemmy.mlEnglish · 6 months agoGoogle Search adds a “web” filter, because it is no longer focused on web resultsarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up151arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
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minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·6 months agoI just tried it, and yes, “Web” was buried in the “More” drop-down 🤡 Apparently udm=14 is what sends you to the web filter. Here’s How to Declutter Your Google Search Results (And Make It Your Default) It’s critical you include the &udm=14 part at the end. That’s not junk code, it’s what tells Google to send you straight to the web view.
minus-squareAmbiguousProps@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·6 months agoI’d rather continue not using Google.
minus-squareanachronist@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·6 months agoWhen I first started using DDG I would use the bang to get me back into google very often. Now whenever I use a browser or device (mis)configured to use google I feel like a guy who accidentally launched and tried to use IE8.
minus-squareswayevenly@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-26 months agoI was able to add the custom search option with Firefox beta for android but the “web” filter isn’t available to me yet.
I just tried it, and yes, “Web” was buried in the “More” drop-down 🤡
Apparently
udm=14is what sends you to the web filter. Here’s How to Declutter Your Google Search Results (And Make It Your Default)I’d rather continue not using Google.
When I first started using DDG I would use the bang to get me back into google very often. Now whenever I use a browser or device (mis)configured to use google I feel like a guy who accidentally launched and tried to use IE8.
I was able to add the custom search option with Firefox beta for android but the “web” filter isn’t available to me yet.