Google changes its search box for the first time in 25 years

golfer 13 points 3 comments May 19, 2026
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mrandish

First time? Maybe they mean the shape but they definitely changed how search works when they removed logical operators and started progressively degrading the results to generate more spots to serve ads. I'd be a lot more interested if they restored that stuff instead of shoveling 'moar AI' at me when I didn't ask for it.

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