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News feed appeared on google.com?

Unread post by jez9999 » 2023-10-12, 07:49

Today, a news feed seems to have started appearing on the google.com main page below the main search box, if I'm logged in. Is anyone else getting this?

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Re: News feed appeared on google.com?

Unread post by moonbat » 2023-10-12, 11:03

Search plugins have ensured that it's around 20 years since I went to the front page of any search engine to use it; if I hadn't ditched Google for Startpage long ago.
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Re: News feed appeared on google.com?

Unread post by Night Wing » 2023-10-12, 17:42

I'm not logged in to Google.

When I click on my Google bookmark, it takes me to Google and there are no news feeds on the page.

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Re: News feed appeared on google.com?

Unread post by jez9999 » 2023-10-12, 18:46

OK, looks like it was a setting that got turned on somehow. I had to go to Google's settings | other settings, and turn off "show Discover on home page".
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Re: News feed appeared on google.com?

Unread post by suzyne » 2023-10-12, 20:09

jez9999 wrote: ↑
2023-10-12, 18:46
 OK, looks like it was a setting that got turned on somehow. I had to go to Google's settings | other settings, and turn off "show Discover on home page".
I presume it is a new feature that is being tested in some regions only? I am logged into Google and that news feed isn't on my search page, and the option that you turned off is not in the Other Settings.
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