Classic Google Search

Discussion in 'The Lounge' started by Corporal Punishment, Apr 13, 2025.

  1. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

    Wrote a quick Chrome extension to bring sanity back to your search results with a single click.

    I would love to say it is some sort of crazy David Blaine-like piece of magic, but it just appended the search URL with the parameter &udm=14. This forces classic search results and removes the ads, overviews, and AI. Wicked handy. Had to share.

    Description here:
    https://www.majorgeeks.com/files/details/classic_google_search.html

    chrome store
    https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/classic-google-search/pdpladncbpmoeepkkebcpncefanffofj
     
  2. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    If I can't trick people into typing in "Blue Waffle" and hitting the "I'm feeling lucky" button, by telling them DO NOT DO THAT, then it only gets a 80% on the cool factor. But I'll allow it.
     
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  3. Corporal Punishment

    Corporal Punishment Head of Software Shenanigans Staff Member

    dammit... 4 days. Tried to resist doing that for 4 days. The curiosity got me. I regret it. --- Stop laughing.
     
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  4. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHA aaah. Just like the good old days.

    I once got an entire World of Warcraft raid group do that in real time on their break. The real time groans of horror in the Vent chat.... music. Sweet music.
     
  5. fleppen

    fleppen Gumshoe

    Thanks for that Wenchie. Really.
     
  6. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    Whatever is there now is only 1/9 as foul as what was there in early 00's
     
  7. fleppen

    fleppen Gumshoe

    That is certainly the case. Used to be you could trick people into viewing .... things on liveleak and the sort. Can't do that any more.
     
  8. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Specialist

    lol i've been avoiding google BS.
     
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  9. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    What was there before was extra spicy heinous. All I had to do was tell people not to look and they would inevitably ruin their, and improve my, day.
     
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  10. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Specialist

  11. dude111

    dude111 Private E-2

    Always make sure to clear cookies after using google!!
     
  12. XoXgaming

    XoXgaming Specialist

    Here is a link below for Firefox add-ons i feel the pain I detest all this AI BS it's destroying a lot of things.It works.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fi...la.org&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=search

    If anyone wants some links i use for Ad-blocking i can paste them here i run lots of spam-blockers like for you-tube i find which are working and which are not.Google owns you-tube so they don't care how it affects the viewing content. They just want to be greedy I see lots of people paying for this crappy service. I just use ad-blockers and don't see any of there stupid waste full ad's.
     
  13. dude111

    dude111 Private E-2

    Isnt AI horrible??

    I cant stand the idiots who love it and think its so good!!
     
  14. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    The thing I dislike most about AI is the people using it to create fake products and putting them all over Facebook. A. Because it's a scam, and B. Because I really want some of those products to actually exist - like a giant plushy dragon reading bed, come on! - and it's super rude that they do not.
     
  15. DangitallRedux

    DangitallRedux Corporal

    I'm certain that there is someone out there who could create one for you. Have you tried looking on Etsy, or perhaps a local crafters' group?
     
  16. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    Right now, today I had to quit my job because I'm raising 3 special needs children, and although there are several things up in the air about how to move forward, I currently have zero money coming into the house, and i'm surviving by destroying my savings. So... even though something like that would be absolutely amazing, I can't afford literally anything right now, or else your suggestion would be a great one.

    lookit it!

    images.jpg
     
  17. DangitallRedux

    DangitallRedux Corporal

    Now that would be something! Not for me, perhaps, but definitely for you.
     
  18. Wenchie

    Wenchie I R teh brat

    Yeah, that's the only one I could find that I was able to download immediately (they're all in like, reel video showcases) but the idea is really neat. Not necessarily some of the fake executions. I'd really dig something along these lines, or carved with plush cushions, cuddle into and ignore reality.
     
  19. DangitallRedux

    DangitallRedux Corporal

    It's the little things that make life bearable.
     

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