Call me a Luddite, but I think Google should make an version of search that doesn’t have AI overviews and it makes available to everyone—not just schools—and rely on the usefulness of AI overviews to earn itself users
November 4, 2026 at 1:59 AM
Call me a Luddite, but I think Google should make an version of search that doesn’t have AI overviews and it makes available to everyone—not just schools—and rely on the usefulness of AI overviews to earn itself users
There is an extension that is free if you still use Google that blocks the AI overview.
Load "Hide AI Overviews" from the Chrome Web Store. I've used it for about a year and never see AI Overviews.
Load "Hide AI Overviews" from the Chrome Web Store. I've used it for about a year and never see AI Overviews.
November 3, 2026 at 9:51 PM
There is an extension that is free if you still use Google that blocks the AI overview.
Load "Hide AI Overviews" from the Chrome Web Store. I've used it for about a year and never see AI Overviews.
Load "Hide AI Overviews" from the Chrome Web Store. I've used it for about a year and never see AI Overviews.
Yeah, I think Google believes their AI overviews are generally very good, and they don’t want to offer what they see as a deliberately degraded and inferior version of their core product, even on an opt-in basis. (My main quibble is that I’m not convinced their AI overviews are actually that good.)
November 3, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Yeah, I think Google believes their AI overviews are generally very good, and they don’t want to offer what they see as a deliberately degraded and inferior version of their core product, even on an opt-in basis. (My main quibble is that I’m not convinced their AI overviews are actually that good.)
I think it’s just a refusal to turn off the AI Overviews for anyone
November 3, 2026 at 3:43 PM
I think it’s just a refusal to turn off the AI Overviews for anyone
Reddit will soon require users to be logged in, likely in an effort to stifle AI overviews. https://bit.ly/4zeInRn
October 31, 2026 at 10:31 AM
Reddit will soon require users to be logged in, likely in an effort to stifle AI overviews. https://bit.ly/4zeInRn
Chatbots and AI agents eliminate much of that friction. AI Overviews are Google’s no-late-fees moment, but it’s unclear whether that will be enough.
October 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
Chatbots and AI agents eliminate much of that friction. AI Overviews are Google’s no-late-fees moment, but it’s unclear whether that will be enough.
ICYMI: Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results #Google #AI #BrandSearch #DigitalMarketing #SEO
Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results
Apple, Zillow and Coca-Cola searches show AI text where knowledge panels sat. Ahrefs saw AI Overviews on 63 of 100 brands. Who controls the brand description?
ppc.land
November 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
ICYMI: Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results #Google #AI #BrandSearch #DigitalMarketing #SEO
Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results #Google #AI #Branding #DigitalMarketing #SearchEngineMarketing
Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results
Apple, Zillow and Coca-Cola searches show AI text where knowledge panels sat. Ahrefs saw AI Overviews on 63 of 100 brands. Who controls the brand description?
ppc.land
November 3, 2026 at 2:32 AM
Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results #Google #AI #Branding #DigitalMarketing #SearchEngineMarketing
Yeah ive read overviews but most describe history and not much more than this
November 4, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Yeah ive read overviews but most describe history and not much more than this
Sadly fake news. www.theverge.com/tech/1023913...
November 2, 2026 at 5:41 PM
Sadly fake news. www.theverge.com/tech/1023913...
This was ENTIRELY predicable the moment they forced AI Overviews on their users and pivoted to zero-click searches🙄
It can be quite difficult to comprehend company valuations this large. Zero sympathy. High schadenfreude.
October 30, 2026 at 11:05 AM
This was ENTIRELY predicable the moment they forced AI Overviews on their users and pivoted to zero-click searches🙄
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November 2, 2026 at 12:03 AM
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So Google's AI Overviews are undermining search's profit, and Muse is undermining Instagram? This is fascinating... and hilarious!
Weird how they don’t seem to have accounted for the ways one meta product might subvert the way other meta products work.
Muse ran an ad touting its ability to track your Instagram unfollows. Oops!
Instagram doesn't want you to easily see who unfollowed you. Muse is more than happy to do it.
www.businessinsider.com
October 29, 2026 at 6:17 PM
So Google's AI Overviews are undermining search's profit, and Muse is undermining Instagram? This is fascinating... and hilarious!
I see Google might be rolling back its AI overviews for this very reason.
November 2, 2026 at 10:52 AM
I see Google might be rolling back its AI overviews for this very reason.
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AI #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudgets #BrandStrategy
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets
Google shifted AI Overviews for brand searches to the right column on November 2, as buyers told Digiday that 10% to 30% of search budgets face new scrutiny.
ppc.land
November 3, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AI #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudgets #BrandStrategy
ICYMI: Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AIOverwrites #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudget #PPC
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets
Google shifted AI Overviews for brand searches to the right column on November 2, as buyers told Digiday that 10% to 30% of search budgets face new scrutiny.
ppc.land
November 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
ICYMI: Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AIOverwrites #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudget #PPC
ICYMI: Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results #Google #AI #BrandSearch #DigitalMarketing #SEO
Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results
Apple, Zillow and Coca-Cola searches show AI text where knowledge panels sat. Ahrefs saw AI Overviews on 63 of 100 brands. Who controls the brand description?
ppc.land
November 4, 2026 at 2:33 AM
ICYMI: Google moves AI Overviews for brand searches out of the main results #Google #AI #BrandSearch #DigitalMarketing #SEO
ICYMI: Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AIOverwrites #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudget #PPC
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets
Google shifted AI Overviews for brand searches to the right column on November 2, as buyers told Digiday that 10% to 30% of search budgets face new scrutiny.
ppc.land
November 4, 2026 at 7:18 AM
ICYMI: Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AIOverwrites #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudget #PPC
Google AI Overviews For Brands Move To Right Column
Google AI Overviews For Brands Move To Right Column
Google has moved the AI Overviews for many brand-related keywords to the right-hand column of the search results page. Previously, they appeared at the top or middle of the main search results…
buff.ly
November 3, 2026 at 12:25 AM
Google AI Overviews For Brands Move To Right Column
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AI #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudgets #BrandStrategy
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets
Google shifted AI Overviews for brand searches to the right column on November 2, as buyers told Digiday that 10% to 30% of search budgets face new scrutiny.
ppc.land
November 3, 2026 at 7:17 AM
Google moves brand AI Overviews aside as buyers question search budgets #Google #AI #DigitalMarketing #SearchBudgets #BrandStrategy
Google moves the AI Overviews for brand terms to the right column, instead of in the main search results section
Google AI Overviews For Brands Moved To Right Column
Google has moved the AI Overviews for many brand-related keywords to the right-hand column of the search results page. Previously, they appeared at the top or middle of the main search results section.
www.seroundtable.com
November 2, 2026 at 5:16 PM
Google moves the AI Overviews for brand terms to the right column, instead of in the main search results section
I was SO excited about having a better UDM14 but it's lies. It's all lies. You get one (1) search with the superior google, and then the NEXT time you type a search into the "1998 google" interface it kicks you out and it's BACK BACK TO AI OVERVIEWS FOR YOU. DRINK YOUR SLOP. DRINK IT!!!
Google just got a The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time Easter egg that transports you back to the 1998 version of the search engine — complete with blue links for results. https://bit.ly/4itLs8X
November 2, 2026 at 7:26 PM
I was SO excited about having a better UDM14 but it's lies. It's all lies. You get one (1) search with the superior google, and then the NEXT time you type a search into the "1998 google" interface it kicks you out and it's BACK BACK TO AI OVERVIEWS FOR YOU. DRINK YOUR SLOP. DRINK IT!!!
The problem with AI overviews in search engines is that it has the mental capacity of answering surface level questions. When you asks it that is filled with nuance and complexity, you’re to receive a definitive “I don’t know”. AI can’t deliver an answer it has no experience in it that humans had.
November 2, 2026 at 2:22 AM
The problem with AI overviews in search engines is that it has the mental capacity of answering surface level questions. When you asks it that is filled with nuance and complexity, you’re to receive a definitive “I don’t know”. AI can’t deliver an answer it has no experience in it that humans had.