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Google Search’s “udm=14” trick lets you kill AI search for good

The power of URL parameters lets you unofficially turn off Google's AI Overview.

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-searchs-udm14-trick-lets-you-kill-ai-search-for-good/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

akkana ,
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@arstechnica I'm sure this won't work forever, just like they eventually removed allintext: which restricted the search to just pages that actually include your search terms. Still, it's good to have a temporary solution.

I still haven't actually seen the AI-powered search. I guess Google is rolling it out gradually.

archcorenth ,

@arstechnica or... use a different search engine? I haven't used Google for years

nazokiyoubinbou ,
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@arstechnica That is some weird wording... In other words, they have intentionally made a setting to turn it off in a search, but not made it easy to use directly. They may remove this at any time or change it to something else.

LorrieW ,
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@arstechnica

Read this article twice.
Went way over my head, which, I guess, it's that hard to do lol.
Extremely hard to understand.

shoreguy ,
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@arstechnica How about ... just don't use that evil company's shit?

Kierkegaanks ,
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@arstechnica what a cheap way for google to evaluate the perceived value

brianstorms ,
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@arstechnica

That does it.

My next band name is UDM 14.

brad ,
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@arstechnica What is rule #1 about udm=14 club?

randomvangloboii ,
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@arstechnica Or, you know, you could just switch to one of the many other search engines that aren't run by an ad company

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