Revolutionary New Google Feature Hidden Under "More" Tab Shows Links to Web Pages

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[u/silverbolt2000]

Repost and misleading title. 

Google has always provided links to web pages, and this is not changing. 

The new feature simply adds a filter to only show results that are text-only.

[u/kluthage421]

Switch to Duckduckgo and don't look back

[u/grafknives]

This is obviously a sign of Google going ALL IN into "ai powered search experience".

A search for content will be just a MINISCULE side dish.

The main course will be that Google will push a single definitive "answer", not multiple results.

After all - Google know what we are searching for...

[u/justapcgamer]

I switched to duckduckgo 5 years ago and never looked back. I dont care about privacy or anything i just want to search things and not get blog/news slop results. I even turned on ads because theyre so unintrusive i'd rather let them get ad revenue.

I still go back to google for image and maps though.

[u/papoosejr]

This is the most oniony headline I've ever seen in this sub

[u/Tiny-Sandwich]

Awesome. I'm fucking sick of googling something and getting 5 suggested YouTube videos.

Now if they could just fix image search so it's no longer just an extend product catalogue, that would be amazing.

[u/Gh0stMan0nThird]

I've noticed a lot of times in the last few years I get Shopping results when I'm just looking for a picture of something.

[u/mostlygray]

When satire becomes reality, and reality is satire. I just can't tell any more.

[u/rnilf]

“We’ve launched a new ‘Web’ filter that shows only text-based links, just like you might filter to show other types of results, such as images or videos,” the official Google Search Liaison Twitter account, run by Danny Sullivan, posted on Tuesday. The option will appear at the top of search results, under the “More” option.

They've taken the original functionality of Google, buried it in a menu, and they're announcing this like it's a new feature.

Bold strategy, let's see if it pays off for them.

[u/Icy_Statement_2410 → u/rnilf]

Normally you have to pay double for that kind of action, Cotton

[u/gredr → u/[deleted]]

Small correction:

Google has wanted for some time to phase out the web as we know it (e.g. stuff they're not selling us) in favor of stuff they are selling us.

[u/BigLan2 → u/gredr]

It's not stuff they are selling to us, it's our profile they're selling to advertisers who are trying to sell stuff to us.

[u/gredr → u/BigLan2]

You are, of course, correct, even though there are products Google will sell us, in general, it's us that is the product. Regardless, Google wants us off of stuff they don't control and can't monetize, and onto stuff they do and can.

[u/Mob_Ties_1972 → u/rnilf]

How do I turn this on? Can't find the setting

[u/diverareyouok → u/Mob_Ties_1972]

Do your search. Click “more” (to the right of “all, images, videos, etc”. Click “web” (2nd from top, under “news”).

[u/Gerryislandgirl → u/diverareyouok]

How do you do it on mobile? I don’t see a “more” button.

[u/uid_0 → u/Mob_Ties_1972]

Maybe you should Google it.

/s

[u/Nuclearcakes → u/Mob_Ties_1972]

Let me know if you find the settings for this. I can't figure it out

[u/Mob_Ties_1972 → u/Nuclearcakes]

Diverareyouokay has responded to me :)

[u/AverageCowboyCentaur]

The web filter is really nice, not always under more but always called "web" removes all the extra crap. Takes you back to the 2000 era of search.

[u/redundant_ransomware]

i have to create an account just to read an article? no thanks!