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Preventing the iOS Google app from hijacking your links

solarbird.net

The Google iOS app evidently is now hijacking links in search results to present search result cards, instead of taking the user to the linked page. The post linked here details how to opt out (because of course you have to opt out, and Google automatically opts you in), and what permutations of your domain you need to include when you do so.

Search tips

  • Use #{some tag} or tag:{some tag} to filter by tag; using this more than once will find results that match all tags.
  • Use year:{year} to filter by year. If you use this multiple times, the last one wins.
  • Use begin:{year-month-day} to restrict to results beginning on that day. Last one wins.
  • Use end:{year-month-day} to restrict to results ending on that day. Last one wins.