On: Matt Cutts: Sharing a search story

[sp332]

1. Go to https://www.google.com/preferences?hl=en and disable your "personalized" results.

2. Install "Google Search link fix" for FF https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/google-search... or "A Little Privacy" for Chrome https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/kjhmfidomefgpbbebo...

3. I don't have an annoying hideaway thing?

[jcurbo → sp332]

Annoying hideaway thing = site preview I believe, that pops out when you hover over the right edge of the search result. I find it incredibly annoying.

[sp332 → jcurbo]

Oh right. If you wait for one to come up, and then click the "X" in the corner of the preview pane, they won't come up again unless you specifically hover over the >> button for each result.

If you want something more permanent, I think this userscript http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/90394 or these AdBlock rules will block it, but I haven't tried them:

  google.com##.vspi
  google.com##.vspib
  google.com###vspb

(remember to modify if you're using e.g. google.com.au)

[RexRollman → sp332]

I'll have to give those a try. Thanks.