Prefer an option to run Google Search sans AI?
Instructions for Chromium and Gecko based browsers..
Chrome, Brave, Edge, Firefox and derivatives.
Check it out over on: ghacks
Tested on Firefox and ESR which both work well here as a fallback browser search engine.
Big shout to to Martin Brinkmann for the blog!
For Firefox:
about:config
browser.urlbar.update2.engineAliasRefresh
Create NEW bolean and set to TRUE
[Restart browser]
Load about:preferences to display interface.
select search options.
Click on the [ADD] button.
Type any name for the search engine
eg: Googlenot
Add
https://www.google.com/search?q=%s&udm=14
into the Engine URL field.
Type any alias, eg: @googlenot
Click on Add Engine.
Scroll to the top of the page.
Select the newly created search engine as the default search engine
or keep it as a secondary option.
Run a test search..