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Hide unwanted elements in Google search results
It’s hard to remember a time when Google presented its search results in a clean, minimalist way. Search for something these days, and your results include sponsored links, ads for related products on online stores, ‘people also ask’ suggestions and other distracting junk.
As if that wasn’t bad enough, Google is now showing ‘AI overviews’ at the top of the results page, which often include misleading information – recent examples recommended eating rocks and putting glue in pizzas (www.snipca.com/50618). AI overviews are currently limited to users in the US, but the feature will roll out in the UK later this year.
You can clean up your Google search results by installing). This hides AI overviews by default, and offers further options for removing other annoyances, including discussions, sponsored links, shopping blocks, videos and featured snippets. Right-click its toolbar button, select Options then tick the settings you want to apply and click Save ( in our screenshot below left).
