‘I miss old Google’: readers tell us how they search the internet in the age of AI

Google has put artificial intelligence at the front and center of its search bar. The most-visited site on the internet still shows the same list of links to users, but they have to scroll past a summarized response from an AI chatbot, a feature Google calls AI Overviews. The change to what was once the gateway to the rest of the internet has been profound, and the browsing habits of billions of people are shifting.

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www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/23/google-readers-respond-ai-overview-internet-searches

I missed the old Google maybe 15 years ago when I switched away from it as a default search. It’s not the AI.

Yeah, google been shit for over a decade now. Not long after SEO became the norm and Google figured out a way to profit from it.

LLMs have saved internet searching. For the first time in years, i am getting (usually) relevant information for my questions.

And not some sponsored or SEO optimized shithole.