Google Search's new tab returns only text-based results, dispensing with much of the add-ons Google has built in that are cluttering up its own standard searches.

Luckily, there's a Google "Web" search filter that makes it possible to get only websites in your search results.

Since Google rolled out AI Overviews in May 2024, the percentage of web searches without a click to a news site has jumped ...

Google is increasingly incorporating AI into its search results and burying the web alive in the process, writes John Herrman.

But does a white label Google Search sound so bad? Google has built an unrivaled index of the web, but the way it shows results has become increasingly frustrating.

Google introduces new "Web" filter for simplified, text-only search results. Google added a new "Web" filter to show only text-based webpage links. The filter caters to searchers who prefer ...

Last week Google started adding AI suggestions to everyone's search results. Some people like these summaries, probably, but for me, they take way too long to load. I'd rather immediately see a ...

Google will now let you perform a “web” search. It filters out almost all the other blocks of content that Google crams into search, leaving you with links and text.

(Note: Google results generally show the most updated version of a web page, but sometimes an out-of-date version appears and Google needs to be told to crawl the page again.) ...

The news of the filter was casually dropped on X by Google's @searchliaison account who stated it's for those who "prefer to just see links to web pages in their search results".

In February 2024, Google removed a practical feature from its search engine: cached web pages. Back then, even when a web page became unavailable, you could browse Google’s cache — essentially ...