Google Search now has an option to search the "web," which is not the default anymore.
  • 1984@lemmy.todayEnglish
    651·
    6 months ago

    Google is not showing the web anymore, it’s showing it’s own content now, stolen from the web.

    People don’t even leave their site now with Ai results, that Google controls and can modify how they want.

    Not sure what to do about this. The general public will be completely lost in Google.

  • Ghostalmedia@lemmy.worldEnglish
    63·
    6 months ago

    Best part…

    The web filter is in that stupid filter carousel, and it’s just off of the screen on mobile. So you have to swipe left from the top of the screen to view web results.

  • 0oWow@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    6 months ago

    I’m guessing these are changes for chrome users? I haven’t seen any of those new AI changes. Granted I don’t use Google primarily, and was only testing a few times.

  • Delta_V@lemmy.worldEnglish
    432·
    6 months ago

    This article is easily falsifiable bullshit. Just ask google a question and you’ll get the same kind of search results as you always have.

    • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
      271·
      6 months ago

      same kind of search results as you always have.

      Funny, I don’t remember getting top news stories, preview links for videos, or images when I did a Google search in the early 2000s…

      • BakerBagelEnglish
        32·
        6 months ago

        No, but i do remember one of the options on the front page always being porn no matter what you searched. My middle school wanted us to use Yahoo search instead of google for pictures because it wouldn’t show Rule 34 content.

        • null@slrpnk.netEnglish
          52·
          6 months ago

          I think you mean SafeSearch > off.

          Yes, you would pretty much be guaranteed to get a helping of porn no matter what.

          • BakerBagelEnglish
            2·
            6 months ago

            Back in 2006 there wasn’t too much in the way of doing a safe search, at least not that any of our teachers knew about.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      6 months ago

      I’ve been running a kind of long experiment over the years. I search the same word every now and then. Watching the top results change has been fascinating. It’s gone from definitions to ads, and now it automatically tries to link into Google maps too. The original top results aren’t even visible without scrolling anymore.