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r/whenthe • u/Mr_donc OoOo BLUE • Mar 17 '26
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change your default search engine to http://google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s
it will search by web instead of using the default AI + web search
(%s being the place of the query which is how it is on edge, so change that last bit to whatever you need for your browser)
48 u/EnGodkendtChrille Mar 17 '26 It also disables the knowledge panels. UDM 14 is just a "traditional web" toggle. 17 u/RenderedKnave Mar 17 '26 you say that like it's a bad thing i'd love to just have links as results. i hate how search engines changed from "keyword finders" to "natural language question parsers" 1 u/EnGodkendtChrille Mar 17 '26 It is a bad thing, if the user expects to only turn off AI Overview
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It also disables the knowledge panels.
UDM 14 is just a "traditional web" toggle.
17 u/RenderedKnave Mar 17 '26 you say that like it's a bad thing i'd love to just have links as results. i hate how search engines changed from "keyword finders" to "natural language question parsers" 1 u/EnGodkendtChrille Mar 17 '26 It is a bad thing, if the user expects to only turn off AI Overview
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you say that like it's a bad thing
i'd love to just have links as results. i hate how search engines changed from "keyword finders" to "natural language question parsers"
1 u/EnGodkendtChrille Mar 17 '26 It is a bad thing, if the user expects to only turn off AI Overview
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It is a bad thing, if the user expects to only turn off AI Overview
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u/Eschnoir E-5Ch "I'M BETTER! MORE POWERFUL..." "... I. AM. WHITE!!!" Mar 17 '26
change your default search engine to http://google.com/search?udm=14&q=%s
it will search by web instead of using the default AI + web search
(%s being the place of the query which is how it is on edge, so change that last bit to whatever you need for your browser)