| ▲ | Has Google ended support for plain HTML search?(google.com) | |
| 29 points by hackerb9 a day ago | 7 comments | ||
| ▲ | hackerb9 a day ago | parent | next [-] | |
As of today, all plain HTML searches fail. Text mode browsers like `w3m`, `links`, and `lynx` now show a page that says, "Update your browser". Command line tools like `curl` and `wget` redirect to a page which say, "Turn on JavaScript to keep searching". Hopefully this is just a temporary glitch or security measure as Google hasn't announced anything yet. | ||
| ▲ | maltelandwehr 14 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
I think all the new LLM labs (plus all the tools offering SEO services for LLM-based search and answer engines) finally reached a limit of scraping that Google no longer can sustain. | ||
| ▲ | benbristow a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Probably in preparation for them forcing users to use AI search. https://mashable.com/article/google-ai-mode-search-default-r... | ||
| ▲ | jasonjmcghee a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Woah. What do folks use for use cases that require it (e.g. lynx)? There's: https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite | ||
| ▲ | ChrisArchitect a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
[dupe] An earlier post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45201692 | ||
| ▲ | stuaxo a day ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |
Well. Fuck google I guess. | ||
| ▲ | stathibus a day ago | parent | prev [-] | |
Embrace… | ||